bemused

Example Sentences

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Meloni herself left a bemused comment on Instagram next to her supposed likeness, saying: "No, decidedly I do not resemble an angel."

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Spizzirri looked bemused as he shook his head.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

I tried leaning on it, hand on hip, and felt myself transformed from a geriatric sourpuss into a bemused observer of the human cavalcade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 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

The class tittered, and even Mr. Quisling looked somewhat bemused.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman