bemusement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bemusement
Noun
  • Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
  • However, severe cases of extremely high blood pressure may lead to symptoms resembling anxiety or panic, such as headache, vision changes, vomiting, confusion, shortness of breath, or chest discomfort or pain.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The views of rooftops, treetops, and (if the fog cooperates) the Bay are nothing short of cinematic.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • Zero visibility strategy: In cases of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, activate your hazard lights and seek a safe spot, like a nearby business parking lot, to pull over and stop.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The reaction across the region ranged from frantic stockpiling to confused bewilderment to calmly hunkering down and making do with old-fashioned electricity-free ways of living.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • To the alternating fascination, bewilderment and envy of its European neighbors, Switzerland, population nearly 9 million, has more bunkers per capita than anywhere else in the world — enough to guarantee shelter space to every single resident in the event of a crisis.
    Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Bemusement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemusement. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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