bewilderment
Example Sentences
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On a night of bewilderment, that was the unarguable truth.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The bewilderment that followed was real — both inside and outside the White House.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Throughout the book she displays the fundamental bewilderment of the secular postmodernist contending with huge life events while cut off from the consolations of any one tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
New Liverpool recruit Jeremy Jacquet, who had been caught upfield, gestured in bewilderment at his fellow Rennes defenders.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
Queenie comes to my feet and stares up at me with a pathetic combination of bewilderment and gratitude.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Vocabulary lists containing bewilderment
The Giver
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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