| She started for the door while the girls watched her dumbly, not knowing what to do or say. |
| She had looked at him, dumbly, and he had rushed away, leaving her unforgiven. |
| The employees stared dumbly after him, all of them dressed alike, members of the same club. |
| Given the gory, carnage strewn 250-plus pages that precede that statement, the reader can only nod dumbly in agreement. |
| Her most obvious talent is an ability to stare dumbly at her interviewees in a manner which, she hopes, suggests interest. |
| It refuses, in fact, to do anything that will help its owners earn their living, just stands dumbly in its stall. |
