How to Use bewildered in a Sentence

bewildered

adjective

• Her hair was messy, and her face had a sort of creased, bewildered look.
  — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
• From there, Wang cuts to a shot of the bewildered guests staring at him.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 July 2019
• As Trout circled the bases, Cook walked around the mound, bewildered.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 12 July 2018
• Which leaves them open-mouthed, bewildered, some of them.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2019
• Come to think of it, the Road & Track editors were a bit bewildered too.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2021
• The bewildered middle-schoolers walked up the bank, took their bikes and thanked him for the upgrades.
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• There is minimal gore in the death scenes, but the screams and scares still bewildered critics in 1974.
  — Edward Frumkin, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
• Lewis Pullman, who stars as the bewildered Bob, is new to the supervillain force.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
• Then the electrons are gone again, leaving the bewildered ions still trying to catch up.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2018
• This is a team-up that leaves me quite happily bewildered.
  — Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• In the campaign video, the little girl wearing ponytails and Mary Janes looks bewildered.
  — Stephanie Ebbert, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• When the sound ended, the audience seemed to be left bewildered by its absence.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 26 Oct. 2019
• Regardless, Paula is bored and broke (or bewildered and bereft?).
  — Rosa Brooks, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
• The video captured by the tourists shows the lion cub being thrown about five feet into the air, losing the lizard in its teeth, and walking away bewildered.
  — Richie Hertzberg, National Geographic, 30 May 2018
• The woman who kicked her retreated, leaving the bewildered child sitting in the stroller alone.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 18 Dec. 2017
• Seconds later, one of them emerges with a tiny -- and bewildered -- kitten.
  — Aric Chokey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• It’s been down ever since, and it’s left venue owners angry and bewildered.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
• This cult will be studied for decades to come, by people who may remain bewildered.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 June 2023
• The doctors use a wooden swab to check the back of her throat with a flashlight, and greet her bored, bewildered children, before moving on.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 May 2020
• Woe to the bewildered traveler who stands half-in and half-out, slack-jawed, wondering what to order.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
• In a photo with his cake, Finn, wearing a birthday cap atop his head, adorably looked a little bewildered.
  — Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• In May, police officers in the town of Lufkin, Texas responded to a bewildered call about a pair of kangaroos that were on the loose.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
• Yet Milkovisch himself seemed a bit bewildered—and proud—of the attention.
  — Biju Sukumaran, Chron, 7 Sep. 2022
• The bewildered Swede protested in vain and finally called an American to the telephone to confirm the news.
  — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
• The sudden free space created when your child leaves the nest can leave you feeling bewildered, like your life has lost its purpose.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Police closed off a large patch of lawn as bewildered parkgoers began to stream into the park.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• By this point, even Zidane could only muster a bewildered smirk, but there would be few smiles in that Real changing room at half time.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 21 Oct. 2020
• The Blazers left the Trojans (16-11) even more bewildered in the second half, allowing only two field goals in the third quarter and two free throws in the fourth quarter.
  — John O'Malley, Post-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2018
• Santiago calls to them, before donning a barrister’s wig and pulling the hoods off of a bewildered Madeleine and Claudia and beat-and-bloody Louis.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 16 June 2024
• Some customers have been left bewildered at a venue that contains a total of 21 signs across its grounds, according to reporting from news agency SWNS.
  — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024

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