Dumfounding used in a sentence

Dumfounding in a sentence as an adjective

The shear magnitude of the irrational fear of ***** is dumfounding, and creates a climate that nurtures **** like this.

"The shear magnitude of the irrational fear of ***** is dumfounding"Who says it has anything to do with that at this point?The police-judicial system have a good thing going, now that real violent crime rates have overall precipitously dropped.