bewildering

Example Sentences

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There is something intuitively catchy about brain attack, even if it’s also a little bewildering.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Stalin “possessed both an uncontrollable temper and extraordinary willpower. He was capable of bewildering recklessness and cold-blooded displays of control.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

In his statement he added Lawrence's claims in relation to the campaign "are especially bewildering and bitterly wounding to me personally."

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

But Jareth and “Labyrinth” introduced a new generation to the magnitude of his bewildering, potent artistic sorcery.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Here, already, he moves to isolate Catiline from “everyone”— “the people, ” “allgood men, ” “this venerable body”—and to present his arrogance as so contrary to common sense as to be bewildering and unnatural.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith