bewildering 1 of 2

present participle of bewilder

bewildering

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bewildering
Verb
The writing is bewildering, the rhyme scheme atrocious. Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 For Garcia, who once thrived at the gym and took pride in her active routine, the sudden decline was bewildering—simple routines such as weight training and following a balanced diet had become overwhelming. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 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
  • That’s baffling to me that it was even checked.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The justice character dimension has been perplexing to people.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After getting entangled in a puzzling murder, the two go on the run to solve the case while also trying to piece their relationship back together.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Colorado opened its 2025 season with a puzzling 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech on Friday night.
    Shane Shoemaker, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And determining when someone is dead is the critical but confusing question at play.
    Cara Anthony, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For example, the eye glass space was largely fractured, confusing, and not customer-friendly before Warby Parker entered the scene with exceptional client experience, a focus on customer service and convenience, and a user-friendly product.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 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
  • Her list continues with small but frustrating oversights.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But an early lead slipped away by halftime — and eventually turned into a frustrating 2-1 loss for Sporting at Children’s Mercy Park.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But the latter effort sometimes felt disorganized, leaders said.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On Friday morning, the system was still disorganized.
    Alex Harris Updated September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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