How to Use bewilderment in a Sentence

bewilderment

noun

• In the Bay Area this past week, utter bewilderment took over the parks at times.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Mar. 2020
• The bewilderment over the content guidelines is just one way that Meta has been roiled by the war in Ukraine.
  — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
• This mash-up — of those in the throes of grief and those who are being grieved — adds to the sense of bewilderment that drives the narrative.
  — Tahneer Oksman, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• The mourners have left, discharging at least the first stage of grief — the shock and bewilderment.
  — Nandini Balial, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2022
• For much of the cruise, the Galley slung a hash of bewilderment and frustration.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
• Shock, bewilderment, a slight nausea, a sudden urge to fight back the tears that welled in my eyes.
  — Ruby Namdar, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2023
• On Cotopaxi, the guide looked back in bewilderment the first time Unger tugged on the rope to get his attention.
  — Robert Siebert, Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2022
• These would swathe the floor of their home, to the delight of her toddler, and to the amused bewilderment of her tidy-minded Czech husband.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2017
• By the time of the ancient Greeks, men no longer lived in terrified bewilderment in caves.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Jan. 2018
• And so the end of that, first, will be disbelief; bewilderment.
  — The Economist, 4 Apr. 2020
• This latest episode with the NCAA raises the same kind of questions and bewilderment.
  — Rainer Sabin, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• As an Austin player grabbed the rebound and led a fast break, Smailagic laid on his back in the key, a look of bewilderment on his face.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2021
• His bewilderment is painful to watch, for lots of reasons.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Nov. 2019
• Players looked around in bewilderment, but Maulet wasn't there to crush dreams.
  — Herbie Teope, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• In the room that day were frustration, outrage and a lot of bewilderment.
  — Lee Van Der Voo, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2011
• The locals read these letters, pass them around, and tend to identify with the pain and bewilderment of the writers.
  — David Sarasohn, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2018
• But as Russian rockets fall, anger and bewilderment grow, as does a sense of dread.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2022
• My friend Julie, with a look of bewilderment, pointed across a pool filled with forty black swan floaties.
  — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 15 Sep. 2017
• Raphael Varane was downgraded to an 85, much to the bewilderment of Twitter users.
  — SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Twenty years later, the bewilderment and fear of that day live on in the minds of those who experienced it.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Rodon watched in bewilderment as Perez headed to first.
  — Jay Cohen, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2021
• One White woman expressed bewilderment at the young ages of the Black Lives Matters protesters who took to the streets last year.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
• When a few babies do manage to come along, their arrival will be met with bewilderment and scorn.
  — Nora Kenney, National Review, 22 July 2021
• As the day unfolded my kids came home with a look of bewilderment on their face asking me what was going on.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2021
• The hitter stepped out of the box and, as color returned to his face, patted his racing heart with a grin — a mix of bewilderment and amusement.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2021
• Smith stood up from his seat, casually walked up to Rock onstage, and slapped him in the face while their peers watched in bewilderment.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• Bit and the adolescent version who passed through so much bewilderment and pain.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• Now, the new name X has spurred bewilderment among users and raised questions about brand management.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
• Listening through hundreds of songs and whittling down these lists with the Pitchfork staff has been full of laughter and bewilderment and tough debates.
  — Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2024
• Some of the audience’s bewilderment about The Bear’s take on comedy stems from the show’s rapid release cycle and the awkward timing of the previous Emmys ceremony.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024