bewildering 1 of 2

present participle of bewilder

bewildering

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bewildering
Verb
McDaniel offered a bewildering quote when asked about the team’s failure to convert on third and fourth down on their final possession of the game. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025 By simulating Earth with a global climate model, and feeding it a bewildering variety of data, the team brought snapshots of these ancient planets to life in some 85 slices of geological, paleontological history. Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough? Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025 Its ginormous investments in higher-value, tech-heavy sectors from smartphones to autos to semiconductors to biotechnology are disrupting the global landscape at bewildering speed. William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bewildering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewildering
Verb
  • In May, Kennedy vowed to find what caused autism by September, baffling scientists who near-unanimously believe there is no one cause of the condition.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This is stuttering, crashing and other issues, even on high-end hardware way above recommended specs, which is baffling some.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Every trade deadline is a perplexing adventure.
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The phenomenon is called seasonal asynchrony, and a new study finds these perplexing locations appear in tropical mountains of countries like Costa Rica as well as places like California that have Mediterranean climates.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The observations detected a puzzling event as the planet transitioned from a steady accretion rate in April and May to a burst of growth between June and August.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • These include one in which Arthur sports a full beard, a puzzling image given that Arthur has only a mustache.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Most intriguing is how these groups will be submitted among the rock, metal and alternative categories, distinctions that only get more confusing as time marches on.
    Alan Light, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Annie and Nick Annie and Nick's path to getting engaged was winding and confusing.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tuesday will go down as one of Boston’s most confounding losses of the season, a 4-3 defeat in 11 innings to the Baltimore Orioles in which the club went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Over the course of a few hours in Washington on Tuesday, the increasingly muddled state of public health unfolded.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This is an impossible task – partly due to Trump’s own muddled thinking – but most importantly, because Putin does not want peace.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Odegaard’s recent medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee will be doubly frustrating as a result, with that pair now missing opportunities to build more chemistry.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Label your bulbs now to avoid frustrating mix-ups later.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If your files are disorganized, your workflows are ad-hoc, or your code is messy, the AI tools have a very small and chaotic surface area to work with.
    Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The trough is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms and could gradually develop, according to the NHC.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildering. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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