bemused

Example Sentences

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She stumbled over several words and spoke about everything from the price of coffee in Italy to iguanas in the United States, leaving her co-hosts in the studio bemused.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

It was three minutes until kick-off and the Carabao Cup holders were desperate to get going as a bemused Kieran Trippier looked around and wondered where his counterparts from Manchester City were.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Mr. Swift’s bemused account of the Burbage-Brayne partnership is one of several aspects of the book that erase the distance between 16th-century Shoreditch and 21st-century Broadway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Body-cam footage released by the Parma Heights Police Department shows one bemused officer describing how the gourd just “took off” as he tried to grab it.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

She looked at me for a second, bemused, then leaned a shoulder toward me to hand him over.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo