How to Use befuddled in a Sentence

befuddled

adjective

• The befuddled host is left to shake his head as the trio wander off.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
• To my right, a man in a tracksuit looked befuddled.
  — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
• So what’s a befuddled seafood shopper to do?
  — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
• And, at least to our befuddled mind, clarity as well.
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
• Behar replied, looking around the table with a befuddled look on her face.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
• Inside, a fuzzy white possum, seduced by cat food, sits, befuddled.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
• Like Sharna, the judges were pretty befuddled by what had happened.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 2 Oct. 2018
• In his finer befuddled moments, that’s indeed how Gosling comes across.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023
• My friends were confused by my abrupt stop and the frightened and befuddled look on my face — except for one, whose eyes were also bulging wide.
  — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
• What keeps me up is a megalomaniac running against a befuddled guy on the verge of falling.
  — WSJ, 20 June 2023
• Isom is adorable as the befuddled kid pulled from the chorus line and given the chance at stardom to save the show when the leading lady breaks her ankle.
  — nola.com, 19 June 2019
• That didn’t stop Peters’ befuddled lawyer, fake pardon in hand, from visiting the prison only to be turned away.
  — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
• And a great character beat as Clark looks on in befuddled admiration.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
• Question marks are already being raised among the befuddled onlookers.
  — SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• OpenAI appeared befuddled at the bad reception and promised to make changes.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
• Alongside those clashing in tense conversations were befuddled students getting ready for midterms, who showed up to see what all the fuss was about.
  — Time, 24 Sep. 2017
• Watts then looks toward the Kardashians camera and flashes a befuddled look.
  — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
• Parents, many of whom identify as liberals, are left befuddled and angry.
  — Paymon Rouhanifard, Time, 12 Apr. 2021
• The show provided a side of the singer few had seen — a bit doddering, sometimes befuddled and the source of the series’ comedy.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
• Oprah prodded, again acting as proxy for the befuddled American viewer.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
• Teams in hazmat suits were finally sent to close down the seafood market, though without explaining much to the befuddled, scared vendors.
  — Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2020
• His reverse jam opened the scoring for Detroit, then swished a face-up jumper over a befuddled Jason Collins.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2020
• In a sneak peek released on Thursday, fans get a glimpse at the lustful intrigue — not to mention befuddled flirtation!
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• The actor's desperate, befuddled delivery of the film's last line makes for one of the most effective finales of his career.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• Earlier this week, when a snippet of what appeared to be a new Kendrick Lamar verse leaked, reactions were swift and befuddled.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2021
• When Peter arrives at this week’s rose ceremony, a group of women come at him like angry geese, creatures of pure and befuddled rage.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2020
• Her dad, Darrel, at first relating to his daughter from a befuddled remove, begins to show interest and helps her with training.
  — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Meanwhile, Ferrell’s Pete wanders around in a befuddled fugue, failing to understand why his wife could be so angry with him.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Feb. 2020
• Audiences felt the same way — moved, if befuddled — during her 2013 Golden Globes speech.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
• Up until now, the fact that the Nile has persisted for so long befuddled geologists, as many long-lasting rivers eventually change course at some point.
  — Fox News, 19 Nov. 2019