bewilderment

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Throughout the book she displays the fundamental bewilderment of the secular postmodernist contending with huge life events while cut off from the consolations of any one tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

New Liverpool recruit Jeremy Jacquet, who had been caught upfield, gestured in bewilderment at his fellow Rennes defenders.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

He was gone after 18 months, expressing bewilderment over the public scrutiny of every network move.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

If Grace was staring down her holiday meal with equal parts courage and bewilderment, surely others were too.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

Matthias gazed in bewilderment at the overcluttered study.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques