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What does at a loss for words mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word at a loss for words? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) Having nothing to say; stunned to the point of speechlessness.
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Like many of his mates Marek Suchy of club side Slavia Prague was at a loss for words.
He seemed at a loss for words, and then he surprised me with a shy smile.
I am at a loss for words, but I think that we really should be encouraging these groups.
Again I'm at a loss for words and mention something about how he's a man of great stature.
It's an easy, catch all term that you can apply when you're at a loss for words.
She was at a loss for words, sputtering incoherently at him.

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