Utiliser "dumbfounding" dans une phrase

1. The dumbfounding news of his deeds eventually reached the highest ranks in al-Sham State [78]and one day, while he was going about his usual tasks, the commander of the Turkish army entered his office in a state of extreme anger, which was most unusual for a man who was normally quite calm

2. Then there was the first of a dumbfounding series of confrontations