How to Use bemused in a Sentence

bemused

adjective

• At the top, the two agree to fight as a bemused river god looks on.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
• The snap had a number of fans both concerned and bemused.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Ike looks on at this exchange with a bemused smile on his face.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Claire sticks around as the bemused third wheel; Danny and Colleen shoot off the right kind of awkward sparks.
  — Jonathan L. Fischer, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
• And yet Gauff seemed to close out the week in a state of bemused resignation.
  — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
• In the end, the greatest prank of all is a late night TV host making themselves cry in front of a bemused peer.
  — Tom Philip, GQ, 20 Apr. 2018
• By the end, he was sprawled out on the giant NFL logo in front of a bemused audience.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2022
• The crowd, from wide-eyed young fans to bemused parents, seemed to know every word of every song.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 26 July 2019
• Both bemused and touched, Hana Sofia agreed and the two women exchanged numbers.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
• There was a bemused silence as her team processed the request.
  — The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2021
• In some ways, the two were opposites: Brooks the clown, Reiner the bemused observer.
  — Todd Leopold and Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 July 2020
• On the whole, however, the humor is more bemused smirk than belly laugh.
  — Katie Rife, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
• The vibe on her presence is mainly bemused and a little confused.
  — Vulture, 10 May 2023
• Buried in a makeup mountain and two key prosthetics, James nails the icon's persona of bemused what-me-naked?
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2022
• The whole exchange is painful, from the bemused looks of those on-stage, to the audience rumbling as this whole sordid affair plays out.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2018
• Moore’s speech drew some applause, but mostly a lot of boos, bemused expressions and crossed arms.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Three centuries later, Gilbert Norrell rolls up, bewigged and less than bemused, to bring it back.
  — Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
• Chicago regarded her creation with the fierce and slightly bemused love of a parent for a grown child.
  — Sasha Weiss, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
• He was somewhat bemused at the difficultly of the car driver.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• Like Cousy, Cowens is somewhat bemused that this is a topic in November.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
• Always, that is, except when we’re bemused and concerned.
  — Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2021
• Johnny’s and Jimmy’s friends do seem happy for them, if a little bemused.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
• His aide-de-camp, Captain Danny Magee, shakes his head, a bemused expression on his face.
  — Mark Warren, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2017
• He was brought in with his wrists and ankles shackled, wearing a white jumpsuit and a bemused expression.
  — Susana Morris, Longreads, 8 Sep. 2017
• Her picture, often with a bemused half-smile, has been splashed across newspapers.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2018
• Kids by the millions still learn to read under his bemused, subversive, zany tutelage.
  — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Oct. 2017
• Walsh looked bemused; I was struck by a few pieces of flying lettuce — also good luck, according to one of the people in the lion costumes.
  — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Wild Wild Country features interviews with some of the bemused locals 35 years on.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2018
• So accurate was the throw that mother and father exchanged bemused glances.
  — Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022
• Not a problem for DeChambeau, who took matters into his own hands by hoisting the post up over his shoulder – much to the bemused delight of onlooking patrons – clearing the path for his successful escape and an eventual birdie.
  — Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024