I was stumped, but my father knew what to do.

Only a few weeks ago, she would have been stumped by now.

But right now he, and nearly everyone else in his line of work, is stumped.

Are you saying you'd be stumped if we had to get out of here?

I was stumped for words and that takes some doing.

Perhaps it was just as well since the police were stumped.

Sometimes, even with all his experience, he is stumped a little there.

Many were stumped when asked who was the leader of their party.

The police were stumped, and there was only one man for the case.

If you are stumped, turn to the internet for help.

His friends are stumped as to why someone would kill him.

But when he told them all the dream, they were stumped.

Well, nobody could think of anything to do- everybody was stumped, and set still.

But he had been stumped on how to frame them.

Not everyone, however, says they are stumped by the phenomenon.

At first though, doctors were stumped, the boy's mother said.

Q. Have you ever been stumped about how to test something?

The representative was stumped, put me on hold, and came back.

But as the see what the hand writes they are stumped.

When I ask him about this, he's stumped to explain why.

The room fell silent, but not because they were stumped.

She was stumped over how to translate the word computer.

Try to recall her great lines and you are stumped.

What they did not expect was to be stumped by the answer sheet.

Another year has begun and yet again I'm stumped with all this stuff.

She moved over to make room for him on the stump.

If he hit the stump, they would each have a second try.

He got down and looked at the stump of one.

I am going to take that stump out by myself.

Then I got a short one outside the off stump - four, to go to 96.

A stump is a piece of a word, the front or the back.

In its most general sense, stump is an English word.

The remains of the stump were left in the park.

He raised the stump of what once had been his left hand.

The stump of his right arm was against the wall.

That's what you say when you're out there on the stump.

He looked at the stump and felt sick all over again.

By all rights, you ought to have just a stump.

The Stump itself held a special meaning for each of them.

All we've had to do is take the stumps out.

She tried not to look at the stump of the neck.

Therefore, we are going to fight him from the stump.

The little stumps at the back end of your feet.

You will have stumps available to use within six months.

She looked down at the stump where the right foot should have been.

His father threw a stump at him when he was small.

Three human women came walking around the side of the huge stump.

He had gotten up from the stump, but that was all.

He held up his stumps of hands that all might see.

She found a tree stump by the water and sat upon it.

Only a few weeks ago, she would have been stumped by now.

"They really stumped us in a lot of things we were trying to do."

He gave her a cold look and stumped over to the table at once.

Many were stumped when asked who was the leader of their party.

An hour later, however, the two of them were still stumped.

Sometimes, even with all his experience, he is stumped a little there.

That stumped her, so she moved on to another subject.

And if a question stumped him, he could just say so: no one knows everything.

"Are you saying you'd be stumped if we had to get out of here?"

He turned and stumped out without giving me any further chance to talk.

But the project itself had me stumped, just too expensive.

I could not understand the fellow at all myself', and stumped away.

Well, nobody could think of anything to do- everybody was stumped, and set still.

When I ask him about this, he's stumped to explain why.

Not everyone, however, says they are stumped by the phenomenon.

Only one thing was missing and for a moment it stumped him.

She was stumped over how to translate the word computer.

Try to recall her great lines and you are stumped.

Why, then, use a word that so clearly stumps the experts?

That was a fact, and it stumped Tom for a minute.

She did not wait for a reply, and stumped out of the room.

Doctors were stumped so she took charge and found an answer.

He looked up as the President stumped in, his hair aggressively brown.

I stumped over to Tom's house and pounded on the door.

One stumped him for awhile, but then he got it.

Fed board members have also been on the stump, talking tough about keeping prices in check.

The managers of such funds are on the stump, spreading the message that their day has come at last.

Mr. Kennedy's biggest contribution, though, has been on the stump.

Everett, similarly enthusiastic, described it as 'being on the stump'.

They are on the stump for doubles, shaking the corporate hand that feeds them and, yes, said Murphy, even kissing babies.

Robert B. Reich is on the stump again.

The man who would be Chancellor, and polished performer of the small screen, was on the stump in his own constituency and having fun.

Now President Pervez Musharraf is on the stump.

Warning to Opposition Mrs. Aquino herself is on the stump each weekend.

No doubt Mr. Gore will be on the stump suggesting that he can do plenty more if he needs to.

"You're justworn out because you've been on the stump and nobody's listenedto you.

His delivery was stiff, just the way it was when he was on the stump, but he was game.

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts is on the stump again.

'Nan is on the stump.

But as the candidates were on the stump, their image makers put the final touches on paid television advertising that was entirely under their own control.

It was the day before his 54th birthday, and Mr. Peretz was on the stump, preaching class solidarity.

Senator George V. Voinovich was on the stump this weekend for Mr. Bush too.

She'd be a far better asset being on the stump for him and other Senate candidates, rather than sucking up money, media attention, and organizational skills for herself.

In his drive for the presidency, he is on the stump calling Mr. Cardenas a liar and a tyrant who corrupted the party with authoritarian methods.

Rarely Refers to Notes When he is on the stump, the 64-year-old Mr. Lautenberg displays his skill as a speaker.

After Pias had been on the stump for three weeks preaching his gospel of religious hedonism, Yvette left him and attended a couple of Clunard's meetings.

A16 Louisiana's Governor is on the stump again, campaigning to hold his seat as the state economy suffers from oil industry problems and its unemployment rate at 14.7 percent, highest in the nation.

Maj. Gen. Eduardo Ibanez of the army, the regional Governor, is on the stump almost every day for his Commander in Chief, giving speeches and inaugurating various government projects and good works.

"It's great to be back," said a relaxed-looking Mr. Lazio, whose hair was a tad longer than it had been on the stump and whose voice had lost the trace of hoarseness it had toward the end of the campaign.

While the bill's fate is being decided in difficult closed-door negotiations in the Capitol, they and other G.O.P. hopefuls are on the stump, tying themselves in knots on "amnesty" and dancing farther out to the fringes of public opinion.

Only a few weeks ago, she would have been stumped by now.

"They really stumped us in a lot of things we were trying to do."

He gave her a cold look and stumped over to the table at once.

Many were stumped when asked who was the leader of their party.

An hour later, however, the two of them were still stumped.

Sometimes, even with all his experience, he is stumped a little there.

That stumped her, so she moved on to another subject.

And if a question stumped him, he could just say so: no one knows everything.

"Are you saying you'd be stumped if we had to get out of here?"

He turned and stumped out without giving me any further chance to talk.

But the project itself had me stumped, just too expensive.

I could not understand the fellow at all myself', and stumped away.

Well, nobody could think of anything to do- everybody was stumped, and set still.

When I ask him about this, he's stumped to explain why.

Not everyone, however, says they are stumped by the phenomenon.

Only one thing was missing and for a moment it stumped him.

She was stumped over how to translate the word computer.

Try to recall her great lines and you are stumped.

Why, then, use a word that so clearly stumps the experts?

That was a fact, and it stumped Tom for a minute.

She did not wait for a reply, and stumped out of the room.

Doctors were stumped so she took charge and found an answer.

He looked up as the President stumped in, his hair aggressively brown.

I stumped over to Tom's house and pounded on the door.

One stumped him for awhile, but then he got it.

As the doctors remained stumped, the man died.

He had a small blanket over his lower half, hiding his stumped legs.

Out across the stumped land, around the heaped trunks.

Yet the police here remain stumped and frustrated.

But beyond that, the authorities remain stumped.

(The show allows stumped contestants to "phone a friend" for help.)

Then I looked at Charles with a stumped expression and said I gave up.

It is a question that has flustered philosophers, birthed religions and stumped history's greatest minds.

She was so stumped she was almost tempted to ask the darn cat for advice.

This stumped Paxmore, who had never discussed matters seriously with anyone. '

But I remain stumped.

Kelly had one of her brother's stumped limbs already wrapped in a bandage and was tying off a vessel in the other.

But they remained stumped.

Stumped bodies were everywhere.

Temporarily, at least, I am stumped-but I do not stay stumped long.

Yet despite Hil's good efforts, I remain stumped.

Updating the setting of an operatic staple can easily seem a strained attempt by a stumped director to inject a familiar work with contemporary resonance.

"Uh uh," he said, and he waved his stumped forearm in Nanfoodle's direction.

Scurlock's second short, Stumped!

Janvert recalled that room of stumped bodies, the multicolored tubes, the hideously accentuated sexuality.

He can be dismissed stumped or run out (see Dismissals below) if the wicket is broken while he is "out of his ground".

To sweeten the season's shopping experience, Internet retailers have developed gift registries, gift suggestions for stumped shoppers and even live customer service - just like stores.

The questioner tomorrow will be the critic Martin Bernheimer, an avuncular and frequent quiz host, who is good at getting stumped panelists to relax.

Then the cell door crumpled like a sheet of parchment as Nom hammered down and through it with two stumped arms as mighty as battering rams.

But even as the authorities remained stumped, they said experiments were being conducted all week at VTEC Laboratories in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx.