bemuse

Today, Troll Haven still stands sentry on the Olympic Peninsula — just as Bandy’s Southern California castles continue to amuse and bemuse Burbank residents and workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

Misconceptions of modern powwows as sacred spaces bemuse the Ojibwe singer.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

Her response is to clam up, presenting “a terminal face—nothing in it, nothing behind it, a well-turned-out nothing” that “I thought would bemuse the gossips, confound them.”

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018

Still, the story of Stephen and Natasha Spender retains its power to shock and bemuse.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2015

Peter said, "I hope that this poetry will: amuse, bemuse, entice, entertain, delight, shock, inform, educate and inspire the readers of these pages."

From Dreaming of Dreaming Poetry by Peter E. Williams by Tim McCann

It’s like a magical realist novel in which the Carry On star bemuses the architect of the Russian revolution with a camp remark.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2015

Although exactly what male activists are fighting for, when men still dominate so many important areas of society, bemuses many others.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2014

Of many examples in my life, it bemuses me to remember that I used to be a devotee of Philip Glass.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2012

Endocrine-disruption research certainly addresses mechanisms but has an applied aspect, as a chimeric field that interweaves many disciplines and perhaps bemuses the unimaginative.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2011

He looks at an open window and the dark gap behind it of some room or other over there, a shadowy room that bemuses him.

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray

Army, the world of avant-garde film, the gay-liberation movement, the popular-music industry—and speaks of them with bemused frankness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Then came the World Cup, and for a month, a curious if somewhat bemused country sampled the world’s game up close.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

The saga has transfixed Germans since early March, and has left islanders on Anholt bemused by the continued interest in the story.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Just like on day one, the majority of the world's leading players were again left befuddled and bemused by a punishing course set-up.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

He seemed bemused by my casual reference to his secret realities.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

A woeful lineout, poor discipline, inexplicable handling errors and a bemusing kicking strategy that was either not implemented correctly or raised questions about the tactical approach constructed.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

Perhaps the most bemusing example of misinformation came in a bankruptcy case where a law firm submitted legal briefs using research derived from ChatGPT — including citations to six legal precedents that the AI fabricated.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

What Gaines does not miss is Gregory’s spirit, and its effect — amusing, bemusing, inspiring — on the world around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021

But Wednesday’s game vs. the Cubs at Sloan Park provided an anecdote that some might consider to be bemusing irony or fitting coincidence.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2021

Pallas Athena and Zeus All Provident will see you through, bemusing our young friends.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer