Explore Bemusing through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bemusing meaning
Wryly perplexing.
Using Bemusing
- The main meaning on this page is: Wryly perplexing.
Context around Bemusing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bemusing
- In this selection, "bemusing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, claim, exercise and derangement stand out and add context to how "bemusing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a bemusing curiosity and at least bemusing the guests. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bemusing" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bemusing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rentvesting has become so popular, the investor finds it bemusing when people 'bag' out landlords. (15 words)
How this impacts a man who has awoken from an eight-year-long coma is examined to bemusing effect. (19 words)
At the end of some episodes, Basil succeeds in annoying (or at least bemusing) the guests and frequently gets his comeuppance. (21 words)
We’ve reached out to the to ask if they can clarify their bemusing claim that is “unique,” given the 15-year-running TV show that prominently features the exact same puzzle, and whether their puzzle department has perhaps caught an episode. (42 words)
The first episode is set on Halloween, when duty and popularity clash, and there's a touch of the macabre and plenty of bemusing derangement – you should never take the batteries out of the monster detector! (36 words)
But ho boy, seven years of development has piled up into one ridiculous mess of a lobby screen, making even just finding the core game a bemusing exercise. (28 words)
The first episode is set on Halloween, when duty and popularity clash, and there's a touch of the macabre and plenty of bemusing derangement – you should never take the batteries out of the monster detector! (36 words)
Example sentences (8)
We’ve reached out to the to ask if they can clarify their bemusing claim that is “unique,” given the 15-year-running TV show that prominently features the exact same puzzle, and whether their puzzle department has perhaps caught an episode.
But ho boy, seven years of development has piled up into one ridiculous mess of a lobby screen, making even just finding the core game a bemusing exercise.
Rentvesting has become so popular, the investor finds it bemusing when people 'bag' out landlords.
The first episode is set on Halloween, when duty and popularity clash, and there's a touch of the macabre and plenty of bemusing derangement – you should never take the batteries out of the monster detector!
Three years later, Trump doesn’t have the element of surprise, nor will he be treated by the media as a bemusing curiosity.
Yet, on Sunday, the sight of Torriera being brought on as a No. 10 behind on the striker while Mesut Ozil was on the left winger was bemusing.
How this impacts a man who has awoken from an eight-year-long coma is examined to bemusing effect.
At the end of some episodes, Basil succeeds in annoying (or at least bemusing) the guests and frequently gets his comeuppance.