bemusement

Example Sentences

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Even on “Weekend Update,” playing her songs in what are nominally solo spots, she caroms off anchors Colin Jost or Michael Che, who comment, interrupt and regard her with bemusement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Journalists crammed onto the sidewalk by the neatly clipped hedgerows opposite the private street leading to the residence, to the bemusement of passing joggers and delivery drivers.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Generation X, your generation, will likely work longer, so you may have more demands on your time that could be a source of bemusement for your mother-in-law.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

This has been a bruising window for Bellamy, whose decision to take on England in a friendly at Wembley last Thursday was met with a mixture of scepticism, bemusement and outright criticism.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

“Yes—yes, we are,” said Dedalus Diggle, who had been watching these exchanges with an air of bemusement and now seemed to pull himself together.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling