bewilderment
Example Sentences
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The crushing response sent society into shock and mourning, in an atmosphere of silence, bewilderment, anger and uncertainty about the future.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
If Grace was staring down her holiday meal with equal parts courage and bewilderment, surely others were too.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
Elsewhere in the crowd, bewilderment laced with anger when families who had been informed that their loved ones would be released discovered they weren’t on the buses after all.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
At the end, there seemed to be bewilderment among the masses of Hampden, a dazed feeling about how to react to what they'd just witnessed.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
At last, Amsterdam, even bigger than Haarlem, with its bewilderment of strange streets and canals.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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