| It's a good thing Metro was invented, or I'd still be utterly stumped for things to write about. |
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| Despite the intermittent downpours, the punters stumped up in healthy numbers. |
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| Philander then dances down the track, aims an agricultural heave and is stumped! |
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| Jeb Bush was stumped by a math problem that reportedly was on the state's standardized test for high school students. |
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| When the speaker is stumped by a question there is nothing but deathly silence as they consulted their notes. |
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| You can go here to the bulletin board on Jeopardy and read some game recaps and see which rare questions stumped Ken. |
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| The electrician was stumped as far as how to go about restoring power to the lower level of our abode. |
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| We both like to read inscriptions and puzzle over symbols, but this one stumped us. |
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| His shoulders relaxed, and he wiped his hands on the towel draped over his shoulder and stumped forward on his peg leg. |
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| This, however, is so fiddly and impossible to operate that even my eight-year-old son was stumped. |
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| During that tour Mooney played 27 matches and made 65 dismissals, 44 caught and 21 stumped. |
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| If you get stumped, the manual does give you a URL to a website with hints, and complete walk-throughs on the mysteries. |
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| Has there ever been a Test match where both wicketkeepers have stumped each other? |
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| Golwalkar, on a one-match contract, broke through when Martin van Jaarsveld was stumped after being lured down the pitch by a ripping leg break. |
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| One day, this young lensman stumbled into Thanjavur only to be stumped by the period ambience of the place. |
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| Anyway, we had a think in the office but were stumped for specific local Melbourne myths. |
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| When you're stumped for style, nothing beats the black opaque tights that rule at Helmut Lang. |
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| A huge behemoth stumped through the side of the house, carefully splashing a thin, clear watery substance from a large can onto the house. |
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| I can see aubergines and lemons there and are those yams bottom right, but apart from that and possibly some mooli I'm stumped. |
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| In our vox pop of Swindon residents, Elaine Breski, 31, of Park North, even correctly answered the one question that stumped the whole country. |
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| To be honest, the dishes sounded so strange and unfamiliar that I was stumped as to what to order. |
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| He needed one for his latest English-language film, Stardom, and an international cattle call left him stumped for a leading lady. |
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| As a boy he reputedly solved an architectural problem that had stumped a group of builders. |
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| But I was stumped about how I might contribute anything that would add to the festivities. |
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| If you're stumped, start by answering the following questions in your journal and look for rules in your answers. |
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| Well, if you're stumped about what to get for that hard to buy somebody on your list, we've got some amazing ideas for you. |
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| This innocent-sounding question has stumped mathematicians from Cantor's time to the present. |
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| McAuliffe was stumped when Hannity asked him whether Kerry was lying when he said he spent Christmas in Cambodia. |
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| But when Mr. Bush was asked if the United States was prepared with such an early warning system, he appeared stumped by the question. |
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| He asked me if I knew how the tradition of men opening doors for women started and I was stumped. |
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| The organizers were stumped as to what to do with the food, and finally said we could just take the stuff home. |
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| While police were stumped in their investigation, they got lucky after arresting John for shoplifting. |
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| Visitors were stumped by simple questions testing their knowledge of the syndrome. |
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| When the interviewer asked him what was the highest score by an individual in Test cricket, the candidate was stumped. |
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| When challenged to name a single person who holds these supposedly widespread views, the person who headed up the task force was stumped. |
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| For example, the press agents were stumped when asked to explain the rules and legal implications of the Wi-Fi Internet waves. |
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| Then Mark Boucher, who smashed two fours and one massive six in his 24, was coolly stumped by Sangakkara. |
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| Sangakkara then stumped new batsman Justin Ontong off the bowling of Chandana for seven, leaving South Africa on 119 for five. |
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| Burn opener Stuart Nesbitt had reached 54 when stumped by opposing wicketkeeper Dave Greenway, who snapped up a further two chances. |
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| The Alice team were given good service by their wicketkeeper, V Makapela, who stumped two batsmen and caught one. |
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| The chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, stumped the District Collectors at their two-day annual conference here on Monday. |
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| I still haven't stumped it up yet, I think I'vegot till the end of the month to find 10 k behind my sofa. |
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| The government's favourite superhead seems stumped when I ask him what measures are being taken to assist and encourage the girls. |
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| People ask me why I want to get into advertising and I'm always stumped to give them a real answer that they can honestly believe. |
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| As usual we were largely stumped by questions that needed the year of release. |
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| This one stumped Geoff a bit and if any listeners have an idea let us know. |
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| Over the years, the TV umpire has been asked to assist in dismissals such as run-outs, stumped, caught and hit-wicket. |
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| James Irving is a travel professional, but even he was stumped when his cousin issued a challenge. |
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| You know you want to save money and you're committed to doing it, but now you're stumped. |
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| And on the environmental front, even those who speak with certainty about the broad implications are stumped when it comes to specifics. |
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| When Kyle had his first attack of demyelination, at age four, doctors at his local hospital were stumped. |
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| Fuel, water and provisions can be obtained here, and transit logs must be stumped upon entry and departure. |
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| When she was stumped, she told the audience to check her website the next day for her response. |
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| Hm, you know, looking back, I wish I had said all that stuff and more in the job interview, instead of getting stumped by that trap of a question. |
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| But even those of us who know a little something about wine can easily get stumped when it comes to matching it up to dinner. |
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| But the 58-year-old, who has worked for Ladbrokes for more than 30 years, says he is stumped as to why he should have beaten more than 750 applicants to reach the final. |
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| I battened down my kitchen and ants venturing inside seemed stumped. |
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| If you are stumped by a question and draw a blank, don't panic, simply state that the question is a tough one and ask for a little extra time to consider your response. |
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| But the question stumped both MPs, who each confessed to their audience in the Dante Suite at York Racecourse that they had not heard of the scheme. |
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| At the outset, Tsiolkas seemed stumped when asked to explain the hatred expressed and analysed in his work. |
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| X is the 24th letter of the alphabet and it's got me stumped. |
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| In a further twist, Gilchrist is out stumped second ball for four, exposing the tail, and, with five overs left, Australia are momentarily in danger of losing the Test. |
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| We did check one more piece and didn't find anything green, but this has us stumped. |
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| Women get attacked in public bathrooms all the time, and if the cops could not remove men who were in there they were stumped about what they were going to do. |
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| If you're ever stumped, I recommend www.noslang.com www.noslang.com for help. |
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| Bob Kaiser, chief of tropical diseases at the CDC, was stumped by the descriptions of the fever. |
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| A few throwaway names would do for his undemanding audience but, even putting politics aside, he seems genuinely stumped. |
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| If you're stumped for inspiration, check out some of the projects in DEAL.org's Youth Initiatives section! |
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| But when she got a National award for the song, they were stumped. |
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| Get into his frightfully warped mind and see if you can solve a mystery that has stumped historians and criminologists for over a hundred years. |
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| Holier-than-thou Clegg's stumped if he was relying on the launderette man to clean up politics. |
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| Tell them you're going to Portugal and they are as likely as not stumped. |
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| Newt Gingrich, a possible presidential candidate for 2012, has stumped on his behalf and Sarah Palin has endorsed him through her oracular Facebook page. The special election on May 18th will not be straightforward. |
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| The TV umpire Kumar Dharmasena gave Bopara out stumped after the ball bounced back off Matthew Wade's chest, but there was no clear evidence his foot had been raised at the crucial moment. |
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| By 1995, the algae had made 20 river catchments appear heavily polluted when just prior to its arrival they were clean, a development that had scientists stumped. |
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| On Tuesday, Mitchell stumped halfway across the country for a whirlwind series of announcements, repeatedly stepping up to the podium with tailor-made support for each region. |
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| I consider myself to be an experienced parliamentarian, because I have been an MP for 14 years, but I am sometimes stumped by certain specific elements of your studies. |
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| Mr. Yves Rocheleau: As a consolation, Mr. Morissette, just tell yourself that the minister was just as stumped as you when we asked him the question. |
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| Because every time I do, I'm stumped by the concept of eternity. |
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| Reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns have just stumped up a two-year contract for Chilean international Jorge Acuna, once on the books at Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord. |
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| For example, Faneuil Hall, where great orators stumped their protests before the American Revolution, now anchors a pedestrian-friendly market full of shops and restaurants. |
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| They'd be happy to stick a mugshot of Jeremy Clarkson on their shirt if the big Top Gear throbber stumped up enough readies for it. |
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| When the Norwegian duo Ylvis posed it this summer, it stumped us good. |
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| It was the same debate that stumped the supercommittee, just livelier. |
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| Batsmen cannot be out bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket off a no ball. |
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| Of these, caught is generally the most common, followed by bowled, leg before wicket, run out and stumped. |
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| Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, but I paid for the coffees afterwards. |
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| If you're stumped about what to tell patients who ask you if they should be adding supplemental vitamin D to their diet, you're not alone. |
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| The big difference between driverless vehicles and humans, in these cases, is that the computer can be programmed to behave cautiously when stumped, while humans often plough ahead heedlessly. |
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| The batsmen can be run out or stumped if they are out of their ground. |
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