How to Use bewilderment in a Sentence

bewilderment

noun

• Players looked around in bewilderment, but Maulet wasn't there to crush dreams.
  — Herbie Teope, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• But those feelings soon gave way to sadness and bewilderment.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 4 June 2024
• 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
• If one is in a state of perplexity and bewilderment so severe that they are paralyzed, they are said to be in tharn.
  — Peter Rock, New York Times, 15 May 2018
• What's also been heard recently when Johnson has sat down in front of the microphone is the coach's bewilderment with his own squad.
  — Rainer Sabin, AL.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Twitter users are feeling a mix of things right now: excitement, relief, bewilderment...they're just freaking out in general.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2018
• When reality strikes, however, people start showing up at meetings, and bewilderment takes over.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Despite wearing his hockey helmet, his eyes betrayed utter bewilderment.
  — Allyson Chiu, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2018
• People who described themselves as relatives of the people killed in Wednesday's raid expressed bewilderment.
  — Abdi Guled, Fox News, 10 May 2018
• But the dynamism and creativity Klinsmann hoped to produce was replaced by regression and bewilderment.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 28 May 2018
• The same one who alternated between bewilderment and disgust at performances against Michigan and Fort Wayne.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2018
• The two-time Oscar winner smoked two cigarettes during his interview, while Colbert looked on in apparent bewilderment.
  — Flora Carr, Time, 27 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• His bewilderment is painful to watch, for lots of reasons.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Nov. 2019
• But as Russian rockets fall, anger and bewilderment grow, as does a sense of dread.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Rodon watched in bewilderment as Perez headed to first.
  — Jay Cohen, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2021
• 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
• In talking to my fellow third-grade mom friends, their frustration and bewilderment match mine.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2024