bemused

Example Sentences

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She stumbled over several words and spoke about everything from the price of coffee in Italy to iguanas in the United States, leaving her co-hosts in the studio bemused.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

We can't help but feel slightly bemused, however, that one other film in particular missed out.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

I tried leaning on it, hand on hip, and felt myself transformed from a geriatric sourpuss into a bemused observer of the human cavalcade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Body-cam footage released by the Parma Heights Police Department shows one bemused officer describing how the gourd just “took off” as he tried to grab it.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Carla watches my antics in the mirror, amused and bemused at the same time.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon