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bewildered
synonyms for bewildered
- astonished
- awed
- baffled
- befuddled
- dazed
- mystified
- perplexed
- puzzled
- rattled
- shocked
- startled
- stunned
- surprised
- addled
- appalled
- astounded
- dazzled
- disconcerted
- dizzy
- dumbfounded
- flabbergasted
- floored
- flustered
- lost
- misled
- muddled
- reeling
- staggered
- stumped
- stupefied
- thrown
- agape
- aghast
- agog
- awe-struck
- bowled over
- dumbstruck
- flipped-out
- giddy
- in a dither
- punchy
- shook-up
- speechless
- taken aback
- thunderstruck
- uncertain
- unglued
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How to use bewildered in a sentence
I found people to be more bewildered than angry about what was happening to them.
I am bewildered that this school would be placed in the position of either supporting the use of children this way or following a state mandate that holds the force and power of law.
Morning Report: The Rent (and Everything) Is Too Damn High | Voice of San Diego | February 17, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoJust like those days where we were bewildered of how we were going to get the Human Genome Project really done, I don’t really know how we’re going to get complete end-to-end understanding of the human genome.
How the Human Genome Project revolutionized understanding of our DNA | Tina Hesman Saey | February 9, 2022 | Science News
Rarer still is the bewildered champion who hails from a country with no record of producing an event finalist.
The Fastest Men In The World Are Still Chasing Usain Bolt | Josh Planos | August 3, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight“After aggressive unions and bewildered school boards shut down schools for a year, the choice bandwagon has begun to roll,” he opined in the Wall Street Journal.
The movement to privatize public schools marches on during coronavirus pandemic | Valerie Strauss | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostThe experience left Shultz bewildered: “Maybe we are crazy?”
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations | Malcolm Byrne | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTbewildered adolescents, many of them accompanied by equally confused guardians, spill out into the hallway.
But the language about public schools and cricket bewildered audiences and Frank Rich gave it a stinking review.
Bring ‘Another Country’ to Broadway: Why a Hit British Classic Needs Its New York Moment | Tom Teodorczuk | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven President Obama seemed bewildered by the runaway program.
Five hours and loads of frustration later, the bewildered psychologist gave up.
Teaching a Lesson to Bullies and Educators Alike | Moral Courage | February 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was so bewildered as to be more alive to the present distress of his condition than to the vague horrors downstairs.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeAs he fell a great blackness rose around him, and with it the bewildered clamour of awakened dogs.
Uncanny Tales | VariousHe cast one bewildered glance into Dorothy's laughing, sympathetic face and, also, began to laugh aloud.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondThe charcoal drops, and the prisoner, passing his hand across his eyes, gazes bewildered at his own work.
Uncanny Tales | VariousMost girls of her age would have been enchanted and bewildered by this display of royal grandeur.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
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