dumbness

I learned long ago there's much to be said for dumbness.

Might it not also stop the spread of the dumbness?

And how strangely little her dumbness seemed to matter after all!

The dumbness that had fallen from his daughter seemed to have dropped upon him.

Scientific questions often have a surface appearance of dumbness for this reason.

Or maybe that level of dumbness doesn't exist in this case.

There is no real defense to second hand dumbness.

But the biggest hint of all is the book's title and the boy's dumbness.

The universe will punish dumbness in anyone, sooner or later, of course.

Indeed, while the others talked the driver seemed entrenched in complete dumbness.

That was one consolation, he thought, then cursed himself for his dumbness.

Just because more people now have a chance to do it doesn't make for a vogue of dumbness.

Is this just one more burden for the short to sink under: inherent dumbness?

"If I fine anyone, it'll be the other guys - for dumbness.

The movie supplies it, but why is there so much gratuitous dumbness too?

The dumbness is spreading, so naturally they are closing the libraries.

I said clearer heads had presumably proven that the schools were the best defense against dumbness.

Still, there is a new problem with dumbness.

I had reason to think I could do something about the nastiness and the dumbness.

Harry stared, covering his rapid thoughts by a show of dumbness.

These statistics and plenty more like them are now widely cited by people who fear that American dumbness is getting out of hand.

I happen to be excellent at rationalizing away acts of dumbness, but this one had me for a loss.

Get busy and make up for your dumbness!

Therefore, a virus would not be needed to spread 'dumbness'.