How to Use bewilderment in a Sentence

bewilderment

noun
  • The bewilderment Democrats face is not confined to the left.
    — Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2025
  • In the Bay Area this past week, utter bewilderment took over the parks at times.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The bewilderment over the content guidelines is just one way that Meta has been roiled by the war in Ukraine.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • This mash-up — of those in the throes of grief and those who are being grieved — adds to the sense of bewilderment that drives the narrative.
    — Tahneer Oksman, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The mourners have left, discharging at least the first stage of grief — the shock and bewilderment.
    — Nandini Balial, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2022
  • For much of the cruise, the Galley slung a hash of bewilderment and frustration.
    — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Shock, bewilderment, a slight nausea, a sudden urge to fight back the tears that welled in my eyes.
    — Ruby Namdar, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2023
  • On Cotopaxi, the guide looked back in bewilderment the first time Unger tugged on the rope to get his attention.
    — Robert Siebert, Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2022
  • These would swathe the floor of their home, to the delight of her toddler, and to the amused bewilderment of her tidy-minded Czech husband.
    — The Economist, 20 July 2017
  • By the time of the ancient Greeks, men no longer lived in terrified bewilderment in caves.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Jan. 2018
  • And so the end of that, first, will be disbelief; bewilderment.
    — The Economist, 4 Apr. 2020
  • This latest episode with the NCAA raises the same kind of questions and bewilderment.
    — Rainer Sabin, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • As an Austin player grabbed the rebound and led a fast break, Smailagic laid on his back in the key, a look of bewilderment on his face.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2021
  • All were left to process the emotions, from bewilderment to despair.
    — Paulina Villegas, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • His bewilderment is painful to watch, for lots of reasons.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Players looked around in bewilderment, but Maulet wasn't there to crush dreams.
    — Herbie Teope, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • In the room that day were frustration, outrage and a lot of bewilderment.
    — Lee Van Der Voo, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2011
  • The locals read these letters, pass them around, and tend to identify with the pain and bewilderment of the writers.
    — David Sarasohn, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2018
  • But as Russian rockets fall, anger and bewilderment grow, as does a sense of dread.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2022
  • My friend Julie, with a look of bewilderment, pointed across a pool filled with forty black swan floaties.
    — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 15 Sep. 2017
  • There was no plan B in that regard, much to the bewilderment of supporters.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Raphael Varane was downgraded to an 85, much to the bewilderment of Twitter users.
    — SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Twenty years later, the bewilderment and fear of that day live on in the minds of those who experienced it.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Rhodes asked in bewilderment in a video to his TikTok account @_danielrhodess.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Over the last few weeks, the Europeans have gone from shock to bewilderment to revulsion.
    — David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Over the last few weeks, the Europeans have gone from shock to bewilderment to revulsion.
    — David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Rodon watched in bewilderment as Perez headed to first.
    — Jay Cohen, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Romy drinks the milk, much to the bewilderment of the people around her, while making direct eye contact with the younger employee.
    — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • One White woman expressed bewilderment at the young ages of the Black Lives Matters protesters who took to the streets last year.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • When a few babies do manage to come along, their arrival will be met with bewilderment and scorn.
    — Nora Kenney, National Review, 22 July 2021

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