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Recent Examples of bewilderment Plans were met with questions, reservations, rejection, bewilderment, violence, and, more recently, a yawn. Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 Ruben Amorim furrowed his brow in complete bewilderment. Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025 In the sketches, which have racked up millions upon millions of views, Ketai overaccentuates Gadot’s singsongy Israeli accent but also seems to be processing human emotion for the very first time with wide-eyed bewilderment. David MacK, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025 The president is working overtime to smother the divide, expressing bewilderment and anger at his supporters' fixation on the Epstein case. Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for bewilderment
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Noun
  • First, your confusion is kind of the point ‒ today's slang is part of an ever-changing lexicon that separates the young from the young-at-heart.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Department of Homeland Security has detained hundreds of TPS holders from Venezuela nationwide, creating confusion about how the protections are being applied.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mercury’s retrograde ends on the 7th and will help clear up any misunderstandings or mental fog that have kept you stuck in the wrong dynamics for too long.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But as early as 1892, scientists have noted that tiny droplets of water in the air can be positively or negatively charged in situations such as waterfall spray or fog.
    Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Bewilderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewilderment. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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