be bewildered

Example Sentences

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The District Councils Network, which represents many of the smaller councils affected, says voters will be "bewildered".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Never again, I vowed, would a Black elder be bewildered by my lack of exposure to Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, their predecessors or their contemporaries.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023

“And he will be bewildered and confused and vulnerable. That is also part of the sentence.”

From Fox News • Aug. 25, 2019

Those familiar with Mr. McCraney’s earlier work, much of which is written in a startlingly original impressionistic style, are likely to be bewildered at first here by the seeming kitchen-sink naturalism.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2016

I would sigh a moment, stretch myself and turn, and opening my eyes, be bewildered at that glittering sun, that hard, clean sky, so different from the soft moonlight of my dream.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier