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

They were stand-ins for mid-1940s moviegoers; more to the point, mirrors, reflecting the full range of audience reactions—love, respect, bewilderment, compassion, impatience, contempt—to the battered men recently restored to their midst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 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

We lay there in complete bewilderment, unsure what to do next.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore