How to Use dazed in a Sentence
dazed
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There’s her in a car, her cheeks flushed, with a dazed look in her eye.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2022 -
The paramedics woke up the woman who was very dazed and confused.
— cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022 -
And some bad: a brutal hit that briefly knocked him out of the game and left him dazed.
— Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2019 -
The owl appeared to be hurt, so the woman placed the dazed bird in her car to seek help.
— Nathan J. Fish, ajc, 9 May 2018 -
The scene cuts to a dazed Bernard lying on a beach, waves lapping against him.
— Sandra Upson, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2018 -
The Russian finishes and Hague, still dazed, takes the phone and calls Catie.
— Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2020 -
Texas looked dazed and off-kilter after Tech opened the half with an 18-4 run.
— Nick Moyle Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2021 -
By the end of this rout, Svitolina looked dazed and a bit confused.
— Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2019 -
Although the does appeared healthy and scampered off, the buck seemed more dazed.
— Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 5 July 2017 -
Up each popped, after all of two minutes, still wet and dazed.
— Amy Randall, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2021 -
Some collapsed, dazed and losing large amounts of blood.
— Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022 -
Nissel, who wore a yarmulke, was left dazed and bloodied by the attack.
— Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023 -
Bloody and dazed, he was picked up and walked to a police officer.
— Bloomberg.com, 15 Nov. 2020 -
The tree moves in ways your eye cannot follow, leaving you dazed and a bit uneasy.
— Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022 -
While talking to the dazed driver of the Accord, the officer smelled booze.
— John Benson, cleveland, 9 Nov. 2021 -
In the next, Almandinger looks dazed as a triangular stain spreads across the front of his jeans.
— Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2018 -
The dazed Hippie needed three people to help him to his feet while the Branson crowd went wild.
— Dan Gelston, ajc, 19 Mar. 2021 -
The onslaught left Orioles fans feeling dazed and removed any doubt about the outcome of the game.
— Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 9 May 2018 -
In it, a middle-age woman with a dazed expression stood in the dark shack with a chain on her neck.
— New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022 -
Smith, still dazed from the blinding number on the scoreboard, sounded a bit star-struck by that idea.
— News Services, Twin Cities, 26 July 2019 -
The video shows the dazed officer getting to his feet with his gun drawn, holding it down at his side.
— Fox News, 3 June 2020 -
There were no video cameras to capture them, thin, dazed and lice-ridden, stumbling in the surf.
— New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022 -
In the dark, people scrambled to dig for survivors and directed the wounded, dazed and bloody, away from the site.
— Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023 -
Geese have been seen swimming in circles or walking along with a dazed look.
— Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022 -
In a courthouse hallway, Ms. Legane made dazed calls to parents.
— Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022 -
Others, dazed and injured, were taken to Gaza as hostages.
— Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023 -
Hayes looked dazed and exited the game for good with about 30 seconds left in the period.
— Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2022 -
A few minutes later, Dao returned to the plane, dazed with blood running down his face.
— Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2017 -
Under its shade lay around a dozen dazed looking families, many with small children.
— Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024 -
The bright, dazed chaos shut down Koreatown for several long minutes.
— Kinza Shenn, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2024
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