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What does stunning mean?

stunning

(= arresting, sensational) commanding attention an arresting drawing of people turning into animals a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten a stunning performance causing great astonishment and consternation the strike came as a stunning protest against management a stunning defeat causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke strikingly beautiful or attractive quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas

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Simple sentences

Alice has stunning legs.
Mary looks absolutely stunning.
That dress looks stunning on her.
You look stunning.
Mary was a sight for sore eyes in her stunning, form-fitting red outfit.
Not only was their sheer amount stunning, but also the size of every individual one: magnificent pumpkins, as far as the eye could see.
Thirty years after its launch, Hubble continues to provide us with stunning, detailed images of the universe.
You really do look stunning.
Mary looks stunning.

Movie subtitles

It's stunning!
I thought it was simply stunning.
It must be simply stunning.
That's a stunning head.
You'll be stunning.
You're stunning.
You look stunning in my lipstick.
Stunning.
It's stunning, perfectly stunning, but I wouldn't want to live in a house like this.
It's a stunning dress.
It's stunning, really.
I say, by Jove, you look absolutely stunning!
I say, by Jove, you look absolutely stunning.
The quality is stunning.
This is stunning!
Yes. It's all in turquoise, blue and silver. Oh, it's really quite stunning.
The great pilot has accomplished a stunning feat.
Martha will make a stunning bride and I rather fancy myself as a bridegroom.
I felt a stunning blow on my head and, and instantly fingers were at my throat.
Stunning jewelry.
It's stunning but haven't you got it on backwards?
You'd look stunning in an apron, surrounded by nice, yellow oranges.
Why, you look stunning.
The great aviator has performed a stunning feat.
The place is quite stunning, isn't it?
Ah, Madame, how do you like this one? Isn't it a stunning hat?
He was in here recently with a stunning blonde, that is, if you think blondes are stunning.
How stunning you look, doesn't she, Daddy?

News and current affairs

In a stunning article on aid to Pakistan during the Bush administration, Craig Cohen and Derek Chollet demonstrated the disastrous nature of this militarized approach - even before the tottering Musharraf regime's latest crackdown.
NEW DELHI - Among the many international consequences of Barack Obama's stunning victory in the United States is worldwide introspection about whether such a breakthrough could happen elsewhere.
The immediate cause was believed to have been Israel's stunning success in the Yom Kippur War, which led Arab oil producers to retaliate by choking off output.
But the stunning developments coming out of the chess world during the past decade should still command your attention.
The cumulative costs can be stunning.
Both films are visually stunning, despite their stories' bleakness.
The stunning opacity of solvency ratios encouraged regulators to turn a blind eye to banks' excessive risk-taking.
Overall, after almost 25 years of stunning prosperity, punctuated by only two mild recessions, most Americans feel pretty confident about their economic situation.
As long as the status quo persists, with strong global growth and stunning macroeconomic stability, the US can continue to borrow and run trade deficits without immediate consequence.
America's inability to inspire the peoples of the Middle East, all ruled by US-backed autocracies, is not exactly stunning news.
In other European countries, which have only recently embarked on the democratic path, a truly stunning change of mood is visible.
There have been stunning advances in getting these cells to change their destiny - transforming blood cells into nerve cells, for example.
An accelerating convergence of the biological, physical, and engineering sciences promises a stunning array of new technological solutions.
Indeed, the result represents a stunning and historic defeat: during the Fifth Republic, three sitting presidents - Charles de Gaulle, Mitterrand, and Jacques Chirac - have been reelected after their first term in office.
This is a stunning result.
That assessment is stunning, yet few American leaders - Democrats and Republicans alike - appear to be wondering if military power is the best answer to security issues.
Some view Greece as Argentina revisited, noting the stunning parallels with the country that in 2001 set the record for the world's largest default (in dollar terms).
Comparisons between China's economy and that of Latin America are stunning.
As a strong candidate to join the Standing Committee of the Politburo, China's inner circle of leadership, Bo's sudden demise was stunning.
Yet a mix of political factors has led to stunning refusal by policymakers to confront China.
The numbers are stunning, particularly when you ask what does the state really do other than register a name and give out a tax number?

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