bemused

Example Sentences

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It was popularised by young US influencers like Pink Cardigan this summer, who amassed millions of likes by staring, tongue out, at bemused customers through shop and diner windows.

From BBC

An artist sneaked an AI-generated print on to a gallery wall before bemused visitors alerted museum staff.

From BBC

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

But, speaking just after the game, his manager Arne Slot was left bemused by the incident.

From BBC

Many of the band members interviewed here, some decades after the moment of their greatest success, look back with a bemused sense of proportion and, where appropriate, regret.

From Los Angeles Times