- present participle of bewilder.
bewildering
Example Sentences
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With a richer, more bewildering harmonic vocabulary, Chopin revealed the full spectrum of the nocturne’s possibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Shibley Telhami, a professor of peace and development at the University of Maryland and a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, says the threat of a blockade was "bewildering and seems self-defeating."
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
There is something intuitively catchy about brain attack, even if it’s also a little bewildering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Stalin “possessed both an uncontrollable temper and extraordinary willpower. He was capable of bewildering recklessness and cold-blooded displays of control.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The wind seemed to blow it farther from the boat, and the waves ran under it bewildering his eye, and ever and again it seemed closer to him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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