bewilderment

Example Sentences

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But a little bit of bewilderment can be a very good thing.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

The crushing response sent society into shock and mourning, in an atmosphere of silence, bewilderment, anger and uncertainty about the future.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 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

At the end, there seemed to be bewilderment among the masses of Hampden, a dazed feeling about how to react to what they'd just witnessed.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

The photograph went from one child to the other and all of them looked at it in just as much bewilderment as Scipio.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke