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verb

past tense of bewilder

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bewildered
Adjective
Hair disheveled, a dazed and bewildered look in his eyes, the coach trudged into his own dressing room to regroup and get a rundown of a growing list of injuries. Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 William is totally bewildered and frustrated that it’s being sanctioned. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
Gelles avoids lionizing Patagonia’s leader, describing Chouinard’s mercurial leadership style that often bewildered his staff at Patagonia. Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025 The sense of arbitrariness that had previously bewildered and frustrated me was drowned out by excitement and sheer aesthetic pleasure. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bewildered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewildered
Adjective
  • Glancing around the standing-room-only party, filled with joyful hugs and happy chatter as guests drank spicy margaritas and nibbled on fries in paper cones printed with quotes from the book, a dazed Brown smiled.
    Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In one of the film’s least subtle moments, a dazed Bruce is startled to attention.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The statues, which were carved and placed on the South Pacific's Easter Island between the 12th and 17th centuries, have puzzled travelers since the first European contact was made there in 1722.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • As my children both turned toward me, puzzled at my silence, the last three decades unfurled.
    Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Those willing to put in the time (and those who aren't easily wigged out) may find to their confused delight that Tippett is the maddest creative god of them all.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Oscar-winning filmmaker makes the viewer as torn and confused and at wit’s end as the people trying to avoid doomsday.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He was baffled as if there does not appear to be any point of access for an animal the size of a ground hog.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • She was baffled by his sudden enterprise.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • When the former fed asked him how the script was proceeding, he was met with stunned silence.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Ashley was so stunned that she could be seen standing still for several seconds while trying to comprehend what was going on.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Illston appeared frustrated and perplexed by the government's unwillingness to engage on the merits during the hearing.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The 18 runs plundered off one over was the most Jasprit Bumrah had ever conceded in Tests, leaving the bowler perplexed as he was replaced.
    Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Better, but invites distracted glances with every notification.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Nor can it be ruled out that China, while normally cautious, might instead act decisively against Taiwan at a point of crisis for Kyiv, since the West would likely be more distracted.
    Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Symptoms can include vomiting more than three times a day, feeling constantly dizzy and lightheaded and losing weight.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Traditionally, Sean Payton’s teams deploy a revolving personnel carousel that can leave opposing defensive coordinators dizzy.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Bewildered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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