| All of this is good news for Carlyle's family of investors, who seem nonplussed by the questions swirling around the firm. |
|
| Similarly, a recent survey showed young Britons are nonplussed by German culture. |
|
| The boys are nonplussed by his invasion into their lives, to say the least. |
|
| The authorities, nonplussed by this silence, released the wife and reduced the accused son's sentence to banishment. |
|
| And Jones was nonplussed by the record-breaking performance of the Australians. |
|
| Clearing her throat just a bit, she looked rather nonplussed at the whole conversation. |
|
| While I can often see these allusions in classical music now, at the time I must confess to being completely nonplussed. |
|
| Hoggard looked tired and slightly nonplussed by events, which were both understandable reactions. |
|
| Now he has wed in secret again and, to judge by newspaper reports, his parents are embarrassed and nonplussed. |
|
| Obviously, when Metalclad decided to re-open and expand the facilities in 1995, the citizens of Guadalcazar were altogether nonplussed. |
|
| When I asked to look at a room, he looked decidedly nonplussed as if, once learning the price, no one had ever bothered to look any further. |
|
| Or would the man be so nonplussed by her weird action that he would just pretend it hadn't happened? |
|
| Felix is nonplussed by the pills, but others are less thrilled about the daily regime. |
|
| I left the theatre, not raging at a failed masterpiece, but merely feeling a little jaded and nonplussed. |
|
| The word clearly nonplussed the interviewer, who interrupted the discussion to demand a definition. |
|
| No doubt middle class people will be nonplussed by my compliance with the doctor's wishes. |
|
| It was a Christmas present from my girlfriend, and when I unwrapped it, I was a little nonplussed. |
|
| He looked at me rather pensively as if he were nonplussed by what was obviously an unexpected question. |
|
| The former prime minister, appearing momentarily nonplussed, stammered that the colonial era was now irrelevant. |
|
| Rachel Davies, head of Brite Sparks's design studio, seems nonplussed when asked why today's cracker jokes are so dreadful. |
|
|
|
| Bolt looked distinctly nonplussed with Pyne's inference about his motivations. |
|
| I was pretty much nonplussed with the edgy, boxy appearance of the first generation CTS however that's all changed. |
|
| Film editor Talab tries to explain the creative nature of his work to a nonplussed police officer. |
|
| Everything seemed rather ordinary until one small package left him completely nonplussed. |
|
| Well,' I said, slightly nonplussed, 'the last time you saw me I'd just had a baby. |
|
| It flavored her light, airy tone as she spoke, partially to herself, and somewhat to Mira, who sat back on her heels and watched the scene unfold, nonplussed. |
|
| As to why he plays mentally unfit characters so well, Shannon is nonplussed. |
|
| But the supporters of the protest movement are nonplussed by these obstacles. |
|
| Alex walked out slowly, nonplussed by the lack of surprise at his arrival. |
|
| The chair of the committee and my colleagues were nonplussed by the protest and several went to the open but draped windows to watch the street theatre. |
|
| I was starting to realize how nonplussed the sight of Rob had made her. |
|
| When one slightly cocky young saxophonist announced the title of the song he intended to play, he was nonplussed when Arriale asked him if he knew the lyrics. |
|
| The farther she read into the will, the more nonplussed she became. |
|
| I was a bit nonplussed at this question as we were in Central London, England, so why she was expressing surprise at an English accent, we never quite established. |
|
| I was nonplussed, so I said nothing and smiled, hoping to calm her down. |
|
| But he remained nonplussed in the face of his wife's cynicism. |
|
| The PYCO six-footers are unfazed by their tiny neighbors, and the Montessorians appear equally nonplussed. |
|
| But not everyone was nonplussed by its lines. |
|
| Then, when the film was finished, I had to come to some agreements in order to calm uncertainties from the Tunisians, who were nonplussed by the images they saw in relation to the screenplay they had read. |
|
| However, he does not seem nonplussed at all. |
|
|
|
| I was nonplussed, I stared at my teacher, never before had his swollen face seemed so replete with indifference, stone ataraxy. |
|
| Concerning question 10, on improper police conduct, he was nonplussed that the question had been raised, as there had hardly been any reports by citizens of any such abuse. |
|
| City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews. |
|
| And while many of us might be a little taken aback if Mom showed up at our offices, Secrist is utterly nonplussed, even happy about it. |
|
| For example, Skoda is ostensibly run by locals, yet Mr Kulhanek, a well-connected Czech who nominally heads the company, seems nonplussed by a question about return-on-equity targets and the cost of capital. |
|
| Note, the honest Quaker was nonplussed, and greatly surprised at that question. |
|
| Granted, the pitch was conducive to the rotating delivery but hardly the pit of spitting cobras our nonplussed culprits clearly believed it to be. |
|
| One can not help but wonder how the unnecessary death of 10 men sat on Fermont's conscience. From all appearances, he seemed nonplussed and never was remorseful or contrite. |
|
