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  • r  in a stupid manner
  • r  in an inarticulate manner
    I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope

  • The result is a flat, dumbly brutal movie, full of overplotted complexity and empty of all emotional resonance, except that provided by the presence of Jane Greer (the original .
  • We just dumbly bought some goods from the West and spent everything here.
  • Their character motivation is sketchy, their verbal wit scant; at times a scene revs to its climax and, instead of issuing some clever deflating retort, the actor will gaze dumbly .
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  • Whomp on fools until nothing remains: Why Louisville's schedule is perfect
    If you watched 24 , and you knew what was good for you, you stopped watching after the fifth of its eight seasons. It was always a fundamentally silly collection of Tom Clancyan pulp for the American Idol set, but it at least answered each of its dumbly implausible twists with an underpinning of logic that tried to keep our suspensions of disbelief in place. The first lady just got stabbed in ...
    Sept. 3, 2013 - SB Nation
Quotes

  • John Roberts in San Diego Union Tribune
    Roberts said the officers "were free to enter; it would serve no purpose to require them to stand dumbly at the door awaiting a response while those within brawled on, oblivious to their presence."
  • Sherri Shepherd in People Magazine
    I dumbly said I was going to get into a bathing suit in front of four million people, so I had to step my game up,says Shepherd. "This is the most [Don] has seen of me. Usually I just cancel."
  • Zach Duke in Monessen Valley Independent
    I pitched very dumbly,Duke said. "I went totally against the way I had planned to pitch Francoeur. I got myself into trouble, then I went back to my plan and made my pitches."

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