Definition of dazednext

dazed

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verb

past tense of daze

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dazed
Adjective
Grutman approaches Hart’s character, who is on the ground dazed and disheveled from a wild night out. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 The Jayhawks appeared dazed after falling behind 10-1 early before 3,192 enthusiastic fans. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Verb
Eleven, the show’s telekinetic heroine, who grew up in a lab, became dazed by the number of clothing options at the Gap. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025 Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed. Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dazed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazed
Adjective
  • Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • When kids first got online, parents were bewildered and alarmed, but kids, who tend to gravitate to new technology, found freedom in a space that was basically ungoverned.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Amal Clooney stunned in a red gown, as did Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao, fresh off delivering a master class on the Lido, went from table to table chatting with guests as dinner was served.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 Sep. 2026
  • For those who didn't feel like giving the big UMass-Rutgers game Thursday night your time and effort, the Minutemen stunned Greg Schiano's group, 37-21, snapping a 16-game losing streak to FBS teams.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Of course, Badhon’s salon manager, blinded by dominant ideology, would vehemently disagree.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Fortunately, more answers should arrive in the near future, based on a larger tranche of data that has been properly blinded.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Other magpies gathered around it, as if saddened and confused.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Amanda Seyfried‘s sad school teacher is the heart and confused soul of Tim Blake Nelson‘s latest directorial outing The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • No one dazzled in a quarterback competition that Monken let play out deep into August despite always leaning toward Deshaun Watson’s experience.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The lefty who dazzled fans with his celebratory strikeout jumps and impressed teammates with his 80-minute pregame workouts was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In the moment, however, Martins imbues tremendous intrigue through snippets of the seemingly distracted middle-aged driver, Wesley (Renato Novaes), and eventually, through the crash itself.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Following instructions from the kidnappers (unbeknownst to his increasingly agitated comrades), Lee drives out to meet them for the exchange, only to wreck his car and become distracted saving a nearby woman, Hua (Moon Lee).
    Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Several other instances of illness linked to the MBG program have cropped up, including a group of 15 elementary schoolers and a school principal who became nauseous and dizzy after a meal in the Aceh province’s Bener Meriah regency, per the AP.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Most patients feel dizzy, nauseated and weak within 30 to 60 minutes.
    Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Dazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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