Emotions & feelings
leave someone speechless
make someone unable to speak
To leave someone speechless is to surprise or move them so much that they cannot speak for a moment.
Hear it in real life
What did you think of the final scene?
It left me speechless.
Her kindness left me speechless after a really difficult week.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The news left me without words speechless.
Say: The news left me speechless.
Use either “leave me speechless” or “leave me without words,” but do not combine the two expressions.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
leave me speechless; left the audience speechless
Your turn: say it out loud
Her kindness left me speechless after a really difficult week.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
leave someone speechless
make someone unable to speak
“Her kindness left me speechless after a really difficult week.”
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