| And I could only stare, my mouth hung open dumbly like a cow gumming its cud. |
| But, as things were, he abstained from fraternising and continued to goggle dumbly. |
| It refuses, in fact, to do anything that will help its owners earn their living, just stands dumbly in its stall. |
| I was standing there dumbly trying to absorb the enormity of what I had witnessed when it struck me that I had a family to worry about. |
| Her most obvious talent is an ability to stare dumbly at her interviewees in a manner which, she hopes, suggests interest. |
| She started for the door while the girls watched her dumbly, not knowing what to do or say. |
