How To Use Bewilderment In A Sentence

A good deal of role confusion and bewilderment as the growing child encounters the newer ways is to be expected and observed.
Reliable information indicated that even the staff of the department expressed their bewilderment at some decisions that were taken with respect to the event.
A different reaction or argument of white Southerners in respect to recent events in the South is bewilderment.
Where even the vinously literate search in vain for clues, getting down on their knees to turn over handfuls of soil or gazing down from the crest of the slope in utter bewilderment.
There is shock and bewilderment in surrounding mountain villages too, where the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks have caused landslides.

His voice is not tinged by irony or scurrility; it reveals instead a mixture of insolence and bewilderment. The Times Literary Supplement
Our bewilderment derives from our failure to turn inward and really examine the workings of our own minds.
I feel panic rising in the back of my throat, urgency illuminating my cerebral cortex, and a dark cloud of bewilderment obscuring my vision.
And how awful that poor Mary dies as she lived — stupidly, clumsily, in "bewilderment," running foolishly back and forth. The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark
The director can be forgiven for trying to make this dated, dynamic bewilderment into a viable dramatic tale.
Imagining the ridiculous trigger for the situation, Mallory shook her head in bewilderment.
Jimmy inquired, his expression exclaiming complete bewilderment. All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
One only had to look at the bewilderment and disbelief on their faces to gauge what they must be feeling.
The owler only refrained because he became aware of his daughter's presence, and to his great bewilderment read in her face not horror or misery, but a strange passionate relief. In Kings' Byways
He was left "close to panic in the bewilderment and hot fear of that first dogfight. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
I've often expressed my bewilderment at the fact that major orchestras haven't rushed to record his music.
There are so many in our price range we soon experienced the old familiar feeling of bewilderment bordering on mania.
They emerge blinking in bewilderment at the unfamiliar daylight and smells of the bush.
Behind those doors lay fear, uncertainty, anger and bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
I can remember well my bewilderment and sense of helplessness when given the task of identifying a topic, posing 'the question', creating hypotheses, and identifying an appropriate research methodology.
“Mercy on me!” he exclaimed, with a look of the blankest bewilderment. Armadale
She gazed upon him in bewilderment.
Basically, they spend their days farting, chewing grass and staring at passing cars with expressions of vague bewilderment.
They also take their turn kneeling to pray amid the flowers in front of the coffin, peering at the waxily reposed figures with a mixture of curiosity and bewilderment.
Or do you shake your head, overwhelmed by a mixture of bewilderment and fear? Times, Sunday Times
At moments the Republicans would break into cheers or laughter at a phrase or facial expression of one of the two candidates, to the bewilderment of the Democrats.
Curiosity was overtaken by bewilderment, bewilderment by shock, and shock by a stringe mixture of relief and amusement. Deadline for Murder
The scene is still one of bewilderment and fear as reports of abductions and murder grab the headlines.
To the bewilderment of observers, however, the side of the political spectrum that prides itself on its supposed history of "antifascism" has spent its time since 9 / 11 defending jihadists and other militant Muslims. Newsmax - Inside Cover
The massive, brawny man peered at me in bewilderment as I had managed to stop his blade, and he withdrew, smiling shadily at me.
I couldn't look at her face, flushed with complete bewilderment and even some inexplicable anger.
A bad argument is like a bad marriage, marked by rage, perturbation, bewilderment, and stubbornness.
I recall a marine commanding officer looking around in bewilderment after storming a strongly held Argentine mountain summit at negligible cost. Times, Sunday Times
But this was disbelief mingled with dismay, fear or plain bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile he looked with bewilderment at the married people he knew, particularly his parents.
She was awake now, and looking about her in bewilderment.
All scored with great panache, to the bewilderment of bowlers who cannot work out how he does it. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes I have the same feeling of bewilderment when I read brochures for financial products.
To arrive at the point where the world can be truthfully named in its relation to God involves some grasp of the world as object of pointless, 'futureless' love; it must therefore involve levels of bewilderment, deep emotional confusion and frustration in the process, even a blurring of the boundaries between love and rejection (since we are frightened of replacing ordinary human affection with this radical and disabling love). Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge Grace, Necessity and Imagination: Catholic Philosophy and the Twentieth Century Artist Lecture 3: 'Flannery O'Connor: Proper Names'
As so often appears to happen with corporate nosedives of this magnitude, the general response from City types seems to be one of total bewilderment.
Be like what promulgated last year " limited partner system " , a few crab tastes first achieve cast an enterprise to also express developing bewilderment on forum.
He wrote out his rage and bewilderment, which gradually became a form of catharsis leading to understanding.
As practitioners of the Dharma, we cannot ignore the state of confusion and bewilderment beings are going through.
But when the inquisitor asks for the names of backing musicians, the response ranges from total bewilderment to pleasantly surprised acknowledgement of utter ignorance.
Nothing I could feel, no bewilderment or fright, could possibly match theirs.
Hugh, "said Master Bernard, coming up to help his old friend out of his bewilderment --" plighted, that is, by themselves, by the right of a true and loyal love. In the Days of Chivalry
But this was disbelief mingled with dismay, fear or plain bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
They grow up in confusion and bewilderment as children, then often pass into denial as young adults and sometimes remain frightened even into old age.
By the time I entered graduate school, the sense of bewilderment had vanished.
Both men seemed to be offering an assuring revelation rather than unsettling bewilderment.
His expression changed from bewilderment to horror as he realized what had happened.
Her first surprise and bewilderment at so wholly unpremeditated an act gave way to consternation as she considered its consequences. Chapter XIV
Gene readily responds without displaying any sign of disagreement or bewilderment that he will lead the snow statues committee.
What began as bewilderment at the surprise attack turned rapidly to seething defensiveness. Christianity Today
Curious audio decisions have me shaking my head in bewilderment.
The people of SC must be just shaking their heads in bewilderment at each crazy turn of events. SLED finds no 'misuse' from Sanford
Her mother's initial shock and bewilderment turned to outrage as details of the crash emerged. Times, Sunday Times
Wright's character is in effect a projected reader registering bewilderment before an artefact which has abandoned conventional ordering.
And yet in Julian Mitchell's exemplary adaptation it glides on to the stage scented with the peculiar tang of Ford's writing: a mixture of regret, bitterness, bewilderment and bewitchment. Earthquakes in London; The Good Soldier; FIB
He is guileless, so sincere that he's practically transparent, and what you see is what you get - intelligence, decency, exasperation, bewilderment, and pain.
As she puzzled out his last words, Hinano grinned at her bewilderment and brought her closer to the imu, where three large Hawaiian men were shoveling aside a thick layer of loose sand to reveal what appeared to be a thick covering of kapa cloth, woven mats, and burlap bags. The Aloha Quilt
The errors and superstitions of other days are vanishing before the influence of cause and effect; and mankind generally can never again be led away by the bewilderments of superstition or of priestcraft.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder they say, but so are ugliness, crudity and complete bewilderment.
The presence we make known: As our group of robed, stoled and collaredmarchersweavedthroughthe financialdistrict, on more than one occasion I saw an expression of bewilderment in the eyes of observers. Bruce Reyes-Chow: Faith Leaders March And Pray For Occupy San Francisco
Wright's character is in effect a projected reader registering bewilderment before an artefact which has abandoned conventional ordering.
The presence we make known: As our group of robed, stoled and collaredmarchersweavedthroughthe financialdistrict, on more than one occasion I saw an expression of bewilderment in the eyes of observers. Bruce Reyes-Chow: Faith Leaders March And Pray For Occupy San Francisco
His expression touching bewilderment, he nevertheless returned my mother's overpowering embrace with a smile and genuine goodbye.
A frown of exasperation lined her brow as she shook her dark head in bewilderment.
Which is partly why I and so many other Brits - nay, the rest of the world - shook our heads and rubbed our eyes in bewilderment when he got into the White House four years ago.
William's eyebrows shot up in bewilderment, and there was a twist in his mouth that nearly resembled an astonished droop.
We wag our head in bewilderment at teenage internet millionaires. Times, Sunday Times
The Daily Show put an ingenious reel together of CNN's Don Lemon expressing bewilderment at various on-air quirks and soft-news segments stuff like how much it would cost to enroll in the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry or a guy who dresses as a devil to illustrate just how hot it is outside. VIDEO: CNN's Don Lemon Rolls Eyes at CNN
To her utter bewilderment his thin lips curl into a half smile, and his eyes sparkle as he lets out a voiceless laugh, a slight rush of air. THE SAVAGE GIRL
Particularly memorable was the heart-stopping sostenuto passage leading up to the discovery of Susanna in the closet, with its perfectly judged tempo di rubato and sense of hushed bewilderment.
The Daily Tao of Snark 1. You are not your work 2. An agent is not a dream 3. The SASE is the path to bewilderment; as is no SASE 4. There is no why in no, there is only no 5. There is more than one path to yes, all obscure; all dangerous. The Daily Tao of Snark
The Pole looked at me in utter bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
He wrote out his rage and bewilderment, which gradually became a form of catharsis leading to understanding.
Such bewilderment and anger is natural. The Sun
A player in a slump is a sad sight to behold, equal parts wild-eyed desperation and puppy-dog bewilderment.
They accept the proffered kerans with a look of bewilderment, as though quite unable to comprehend why I should tender them money, and they lay it carelessly down on the sand while they assist the sowars to resaddle their horses. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
Jim stands in complete bewilderment at what has been uttered.
Julian scrolled down to the bottom in bewilderment and read the last sentence.
The seriously wooden actor is a dull love-interest, playing a cop with an air of puzzled bewilderment.
In a nicely creepy scene they watch in bewilderment as animals flee from its cover, and the appearance of a feverish, flatulent hunter spells much worse to come.
Faces in the crowd inevitably reflect concentration and consternation, amusement and bewilderment, determination and aggravation.
The bewilderment and loss of faith in authority, the fatalistic sense that no matter what you do, society will hold you down - all reflect the darker side of the popular mood during that era.
Indeed, they appear healthier and fleshier than ever, to the bewilderment of experts. Times, Sunday Times
When he emerges and the police posted outside arrest him, his bewilderment will be complete and authentic. Times, Sunday Times
Pobjoy didn't show bewilderment because he never did, but the quirks of the antiques business were beyond his ken. THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
She dropped down again to all fours, and with her nose sought out one who had tumbled a little further and was beginning to overcome his bewilderment and to test his new environment with a forepaw, and nosed him back with the others and pushed them all to the back of the cave, their little furry bodies huddled tight against one another. Hunting the Thylacine
Slowly though, the bewilderment gives way to admiration and, finally, an embrace of their apartness. Times, Sunday Times
I sat through many films when I was eighteen or nineteen feeling desperate to get out of theatre, and more than once I did take off, to the bewilderment of my friends at the time.
She expressed bewilderment about her ill-treatment, stressing the country loyalties that bound the gentry together. The English Civil War: A People's History
I'm not alone in my complete sense of bewilderment over the success of this movie.
My eyes bulged and I stared at the board in bewilderment.
He simply looked at her with bewilderment, then asked her, somewhat shamefaced, whether they knew each other. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
The man shook his head in bewilderment and said he couldn't understand why girls would fantasize about a deformed psychopath, and I said, Don't you get it? March Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour
She peeked around the changing screen and couldn't see him, bewilderment clouding her face.
But this was disbelief mingled with dismay, fear or plain bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
William's eyebrows shot up in bewilderment, and there was a twist in his mouth that nearly resembled an astonished droop.
Mari 's bewilderment lasted only a split second longer. THE WHITE DOVE
He wrote out his rage and bewilderment, which gradually became a form of catharsis leading to understanding.
The lines of passage and the stages of human growth have been blurred, causing intense bewilderment and psychological confusion.
My poor buddy didn't know what she had done wrong and could only stare in bewilderment at the volley of words being directed at her.
No smirk, no sneer , no frown of bewilderment, even.
What began as bewilderment at the surprise attack turned rapidly to seething defensiveness. Christianity Today
I only know that at sight of our bewilderment a workman doing something to the staircase clapped his hands orientally, and the custodian was quickly upon us in response to a form of summons which we were to find so often used in Spain. Familiar Spanish Travels
First, the lines of passage and the stages of human growth have been blurred, causing intense bewilderment and psychological confusion.
Mari 's bewilderment lasted only a split second longer. THE WHITE DOVE
He knitted his eyebrows in obvious bewilderment.
That, though a large factor in the moral bewilderment of the West, is a marginal issue for Nietzsche, whose main interest is in the nature of morality's sanctions in general.
I recall a marine commanding officer looking around in bewilderment after storming a strongly held Argentine mountain summit at negligible cost. Times, Sunday Times
When one day in March, 1883, a striking young Frenchman, who said he was a nobleman, came to Little Missouri with a plan ready-made to build a community there to rival Omaha, and a business that would startle America's foremost financiers, the citizens of the wicked little frontier settlement, who thought that they knew all the possibilities of "tenderfeet" and "pilgrims" and "how-do-you-do-boys," admitted in some bewilderment that they had been mistaken. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
He'd simply grabbed her by the waist and had hefted her over his shoulder, and she let him do so in utter bewilderment.
Many dairy scientists responded in bewilderment to these concerns.
I notice the bewilderment in their eyes, and it infects me: Why, exactly, should anyone get so worked up about a piece of ice?
I wish I could come away with a reaction other than scratching my head in bewilderment, thinking Oh, that seems like a promising set-up .... oh. Cast Returns for The Hangover Sequel | /Film
No wonder the Irishman turned round and shrugged his shoulders in utter bewilderment. The Sun
In response to what he called the "bewilderment" of people watching the child sexual abuse scandal unfold at Penn State, Rep. Kerry Benninghoff said he plans to introduce legislation to make more information about state-related universities available to the public. KansasCity.com: Front Page
Broken and half-mad with bewilderment and grief, Rosy succumbs to a virtual imprisonment, which we are to see as the fate of the unsuspecting English wife. Not Ugly Betty « Tales from the Reading Room
The knights in the hall simply stared in bewilderment at the strange sight of the green man.
I shook my head in bewilderment, stood and stretched, then gathered up my pack.
She dares us to dress down, to strip ourselves of our illusions and to acknowledge that, for most of the time, we live life in a muddle and ‘that every hour contains at least a moment of bewilderment or worse’.
To top off her bewilderment, the lad was walking amid his parents who didn't seem to notice at all.
By constructing this matrix, or model, of the mind's workings within the mind itself — the kernel of Augustine's wonder and bewilderment84 — one edifies oneself as the container of the universe of one's experience. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
He accepts his responsibilities with a mixture of stoicism, patience and bewilderment.
My guess is the rednecks are scratching their heads in bewilderment right now? Romney wins presidential straw poll by a single vote
Mark stares in bewilderment, wondering how this person was ever just “Jenny from the Block.” Beat 360° – 9/17/2009
They seemed to be looking down upon the woman at their feet in a soft bewilderment -- wondering at a creature so little like themselves; while from the terrace came up the scent of the garden, heavy with roses and bedrenched with dew. Eleanor
IN PETROGRAD Even my wife and I shared a bit in the bewilderment of our boys in the streets of Petrograd at hearing Russian, and seeing the Russian signs on the shops. My Life
We wag our head in bewilderment at teenage internet millionaires. Times, Sunday Times
Bewilderment and helplessness and dismay mingled strangely, played out in a clashing kaleidoscope, vivid against the colourlessness of everything else.
David filled her dreams; the ecstasy of their lovemaking, and the pain and bewilderment of his abrupt departure.
Pobjoy didn't show bewilderment because he never did, but the quirks of the antiques business were beyond his ken. THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
That feeling of uncertainty did not last long, I found a new pathway and the bewilderment soon went.
It is unknown territory leading to confusion and bewilderment.
Both men seemed to be offering an assuring revelation rather than unsettling bewilderment.
The troops in advance, he was persuaded, would never be able to come back to his aid up the face of that acclivity; besides which, he observed the utter bewilderment of the whole body at sight of the ambuscade. Hellenica
Such visions of the end conjure up some of the disadvantages that inhere in the passage of time: the surprise of the unprecedented, the bewilderment that accompanies the discovery of the unique.

How To Use Bewilderment In A Sentence

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