bewilder

Example Sentences

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If the soul of Leif Erikson were to materialize inside his statue for a day, much of what he saw would bewilder him.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Thanksgiving is a time for making people happy, not for persuading them to drink avant-garde styles that you love but that may bewilder mainstream drinkers.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

On the page, works like this can at first bewilder the reader before giving way to the gratification that comes with piecing the story together.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2021

And he goes about it expertly, bullishly and with giddily perverse intent to bewilder.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

Bond market terminology was designed less to convey meaning than to bewilder outsiders.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis