bemusement

Example Sentences

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Journalists crammed onto the sidewalk by the neatly clipped hedgerows opposite the private street leading to the residence, to the bemusement of passing joggers and delivery drivers.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Generation X, your generation, will likely work longer, so you may have more demands on your time that could be a source of bemusement for your mother-in-law.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

This has been a bruising window for Bellamy, whose decision to take on England in a friendly at Wembley last Thursday was met with a mixture of scepticism, bemusement and outright criticism.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

“Among all the energy investors I spoke to, there is a general feeling of slight bemusement that oil prices haven’t fallen further,” said Chris Wheaton, an oil and gas analyst at Stifel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

Then, to his bemusement, she stepped into the empty rectangle in the center, where the mattress belonged, and flopped down on her back.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng