Now the nine children saw the Tips for the first time - and were struck mute by it.

He was struck mute all over again by the wonder of it.

Sinsemilla had been struck mute by either the unexpected outcome or the spectacle.

The pain was so sharp that it stopped him cold, and he clutched at his throat, struck suddenly mute.

Then suddenly everyone fell silent, as if they'd been struck mute.

The children, who are struck mute by the tragedy, move through the film like sleepwalkers.

At her words he looked up expectantly, to be struck mute.

He then demands a miracle and is miraculously struck mute for the acts.

Belinda nodded, struck mute momentarily by the power he apparently had to see right into her.

Barrile, for his part, was at long last struck mute by the grim reality before him.