How to Use bewildered in a Sentence

bewildered

adjective
  • Her hair was messy, and her face had a sort of creased, bewildered look.
    — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • Uma is bewildered at this new world, while Gopal can’t so much as look at her.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • From there, Wang cuts to a shot of the bewildered guests staring at him.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 July 2019
  • Everybody seems bewildered by this news, his own wife most of all.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Layered in cream, bruised, bewildered, bald.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This cult will be studied for decades to come, by people who may remain bewildered.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 June 2023
  • Then the electrons are gone again, leaving the bewildered ions still trying to catch up.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Garcia says, acting out the usual blush of so many bewildered men.
    — Darío Gael Blanco, Vanity Fair, 25 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been down ever since, and it’s left venue owners angry and bewildered.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • In the now-viral video, the tuxedo cat crawls out from under the bed, wide-eyed and bewildered.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • As Trout circled the bases, Cook walked around the mound, bewildered.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • The bewildered middle-schoolers walked up the bank, took their bikes and thanked him for the upgrades.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Seconds later, one of them emerges with a tiny -- and bewildered -- kitten.
    — Aric Chokey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • My mother looked bewildered and even Father looked up.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Connie is bewildered but happy about this.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • More than a year later, the campus remains in a state of bewildered unease.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, a bewildered stranger answers the door.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
  • When the sound ended, the audience seemed to be left bewildered by its absence.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 26 Oct. 2019
  • At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
  • Come to think of it, the Road & Track editors were a bit bewildered too.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Police closed off a large patch of lawn as bewildered parkgoers began to stream into the park.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Olivia, bewildered and frightened, runs to the vast body of Tierra del Fuego to look for him.
    — Jason Liwag, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Spaun looked bewildered as Rory stalked past him toward the 17th green.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • After Bondi came in, he was left bewildered when his team was ordered to abandon its work.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The woman who kicked her retreated, leaving the bewildered child sitting in the stroller alone.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Woe to the bewildered traveler who stands half-in and half-out, slack-jawed, wondering what to order.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
  • Be careful about coming on so strong that others are bewildered or defensive.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The sudden free space created when your child leaves the nest can leave you feeling bewildered, like your life has lost its purpose.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • In a photo with his cake, Finn, wearing a birthday cap atop his head, adorably looked a little bewildered.
    — Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Lewis Pullman, who stars as the bewildered Bob, is new to the supervillain force.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024

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