bewildered

Example Sentences

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"I'm not angry. I'm just bewildered, confused, unhappy," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Mullin then did stand his butt up, before the bewildered committee chairman, Bernie Sanders, stopped it.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

His friends believed in his destiny, though he often left them offended and bewildered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

In an interview with BBC Newsnight on Tuesday evening, Greenland's Minister of Industry and Natural Resources, Naaja Nathanielsen, said that Greenlanders were "bewildered" by the president's demands.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

In the center of the road stood an older guy with a pack and a curiously bewildered look, as if he had just woken from a trance and found himself unaccountably in this place.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson