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How to use bewildered in a sentence

32 example sentences · adjective

Bewildered means baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain. Example: “He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.”

Examples of bewildered by meaning

adjectiveBaffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.

  • He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
  • It was a stodgy, weary display from Mourinho’s team with only sporadic moments when they threatened Salvatore Sirigu’s goal and their manager seemed bewildered afterwards when he tried to explain what had gone wrong.2015 March 12, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea out of Champions League after Thiago Silva sends 10-man PSG through on away goals”, in The Guardian...

More sentences with bewildered

  • He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.From the entry festoon
  • Many people must have been bewildered by the innumerable activities all around them.2023 November 15, Dr Joseph Brennan, “A crucial part of our nation's defences”, in RAIL, number 996, page 60. From the entry defile
  • Now, the big blue space of river and sky belittled him, ulled him back into bewildered childhood.2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 357. From the entry belittle
  • The public is much too bewildered, catastrophized, and morbidly concerned about the symptoms of COVID-19.2022 May 26, Xue Lan, Han Yu, Lei Cui, “Application of Telemedicine in COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis”, in Frontiers in Public Health…. From the entry catastrophized
  • Bewildered by the unexpected greeting, my son stiffened, but managed a polite answer.2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor. From the entry stiffen
  • The poem abounds in passages that will leave an unprepared audience bewildered.1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xiii. From the entry readerly
  • "We think you're, you know." — "Brilliant," Anahita said and dazzled the bewildered Chamcha with a smile.1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 268. From the entry brilliant
  • Adam himself bewildered and Eveless outside the garden; a Minotaur howling piteously in a labyrinth of money-worries.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 132. From the entry piteously
  • Behind him, Saretha looked bewildered as a small, punchy man in a chartreuse Lawyer’s suit raced up to her, talking fast.2017, Gregory Scott Katsoulis, “Terms: $3.99”, in All Rights Reserved, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry punchy
  • He also had a deerish look of bewildered innocence, as if, after all this time, he still couldn't comprehend his circumstances.2014, Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman, The Accelerati Trilogy, Book One: Tesla's Attic. From the entry deerish
  • Is't more knotful or bewildered than the skein o'life itself, that a good tale tangles the better to unsnarl?2001, Lahsen Benaziza, Romancing Scheherazade: John Barth and the One thousand and one nights. From the entry knotful
  • She talked so excitedly that she got ahead of herself and looked bewildered and cried out, "What was I saying?"1951, Tennessee Williams, “The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and Coffin”, in John Updike, Katrina Kennison, editors, The Best American…. From the entry get ahead of oneself
  • My bewildered mind was deep in ponderment, and the distant croaking of ravens blended in evil litany with my thoughts.1937 April, Robert Bloch, “The Mannikin”, in Weird Tales, volume 29, number 4, page 450. From the entry ponderment
  • Ostrovsky was twenty-six years old, freshfaced, simple, bewildered.1916 August, Maargaret Ashmun, “The Rooshian: The Story of a New Citizen”, in The Craftsman, volume 30, number 5. From the entry freshfaced
  • "But what does it mean?" demanded the bewildered canon.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry camei
  • Cripps, bewildered at his friend's Bedlamite departure, stood staring helplessly after him with the ruined picture of Isaiah in his hand.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 86. From the entry bedlamite
  • 'When in doubt take the Underground', urged an early Underground poster showing a bewildered little bowler-hatted man with an illuminated 'Underground' sign behind him.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page xii, Preface. From the entry bowler-hatted
  • He sounded bewildered, as if he'd forgotten how I had come to be there; as if he'd invited me himself and I were leaving prematurely.2010, Jennifer Egan, “X's and O's”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad. From the entry don't be a stranger
  • A stonefaced woman; a bewildered man.2009, Greer Gilman, Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter's Tales, page 315. From the entry stonefaced
  • Is it not a fact that the miners of this country are bewildered and bewitched and do not know what is to happen?1967 May 9, Eldon Wylie Griffiths, “Fuel And Power Policy”, in parliamentary debates (UK House Of Commons), volume 746, column 1260. From the entry bewitch
  • But he was not bewildered, of course, by any mention of the famous Rosie, and he was more than ready for a drink of tea.1929 July, J[ohn] B[oynton] Priestley, “Mr. Oakroyd on t’Road”, in The Good Companions, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London…. From the entry Rosie Lee
  • And there lay a pretty calf, a beauty, red-flanked like her mother, and comically bewildered at the miracle of coming into the world.1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, Book 1, Ch.3, at p.22. From the entry calf
  • There is a mob in every drama--poor mob that always loses, of untimely arousings, mere bewildered strength in the wiles of strategy.1912, Will Levington Comfort, Fate Knocks at the Door. From the entry arousing
  • I go home bewildered unt mishappy, to find that Herr Gabert has stole the score of mine opera unt run avay mit mine vife.1911, Edith Van Dyne, Aunt Jane's nieces and Uncle John. From the entry mishappy
  • He’s charmingly bewildered by the complexities of life: Control-f a question mark in the lyrics of any of his albums and you’ll get plenty of results.2025 July 7, Dash Lewis, “Mars is Electric”, in Pitchfork, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2025, retrieved 21 Feb 2026. From the entry control-F
  • Why should a mere pair of googly eyes change a tea kettle into an Emperor penguin or transmute a tree trunk into a bewildered, long-nosed man?2020 May 1, Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, “Eyebomb Your Brain”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 25 Apr…. From the entry eyebombing
  • Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC. From the entry possession
  • The twists and turns of U.S. policy, which once bewildered our allies as well as our enemies, can be expected to straighten out into a more surely predictable course.1945 July 9, “On to Berlin”, in Time. From the entry twists and turns
  • It was remarkable that Tunisia reached half-time on level terms as they were often bewildered by England's pace and movement before being spared by their generosity in front of goal.2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019. From the entry bewilder
  • An instant later the maid, who looked as tousled and bewildered as if she had that instant been aroused from the deepest sleep, appeared with a card upon a tray.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry tousled

Meaning of bewildered

  1. adjective Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.

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Questions about bewildered in a sentence

How do you use bewildered in a sentence?
Bewildered is used as an adjective. For example: “He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.”
What is a short sentence with bewildered?
“A stonefaced woman; a bewildered man.”
What does bewildered mean?
Bewildered means baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.

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