He was so preoccupied with the effect he wished to produce, that a practical joke, Blondet, had bet once or twice, and won the wager, that he could nonplus him at any moment by merely looking fixedly at his hair, or his boots, or the tails of his coats.
"Modeste Mignon"
Honore de Balzac
The renegade was a little at a nonplus, as he never had undergone the operation which he had described.
"The Pacha of Many Tales"
Captain Frederick Marryat
The Enemy will be 10th to quit the small Portion of Land they possess within the United States, for though they must despair of subduing us by Arms, it will be necessary for them to oblige us to continue the Expence of large Armies in order to nonplus us in the Art of financiering.
"The Original Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 4"
Samuel Adams