bewildered

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After Bondi came in, he was left bewildered when his team was ordered to abandon its work.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“Then watch bewildered as the waves of our inconstancy lap them away, along with the footprints of the builder.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

“I don’t understand it. What can there be in a simple little story like that to make people praise it so?” she said, quite bewildered.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott