Now'days they lie everybody 'way into the grave, givin' 'em to understand that their recovery is certain, till there must be a lots o' dumfounded dead, shot into the next world-you might say unbeknownst.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale
"I've heard of threshers catchin' fire," said Anderson, as if dumfounded, "but I never seen one....
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey
Lady Agatha, for once too dumfounded for speech, could only give a significant look of appeal to her daughters.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay