Explore Bewilderment through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like obfuscation or muddiness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bewilderment in a sentence
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Bewilderment meaning
- The state of being bewildered.
- A confusing or perplexing situation.
Synonyms of Bewilderment
Using Bewilderment
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being bewildered. | A confusing or perplexing situation.
- Useful related words include: obfuscation, muddiness, confusedness, mental confusion.
- In the example corpus, bewilderment often appears in combinations such as: bewilderment at, bewilderment of, in bewilderment.
Context around Bewilderment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bewilderment
- In this selection, "bewilderment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, expressed, complete, anger and following stand out and add context to how "bewilderment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also voiced bewilderment over the and camera in bewilderment at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bewilderment" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bewilderment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There was both rage and bewilderment in his eyes. (9 words)
Her mouth dropped open and she covered her face in bewilderment. (11 words)
There is red-hot anger, bewilderment and embarrassment in our fans," Chappell said. (13 words)
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday expressed bewilderment, following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. (30 words)
But instead of focusing his speech on Redding’s contributions to music, Richard brashly enumerated his own achievements, to the bewilderment of his colleagues in the audience — including Jagger. (29 words)
The first time we see him riding the train to Oklahoma, he considers the Native man seated in front of him with a mix of distaste and bewilderment. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Al Roker looked astounded beyond belief, staring directly at the camera in bewilderment at the unexpected anecdote.
But instead of focusing his speech on Redding’s contributions to music, Richard brashly enumerated his own achievements, to the bewilderment of his colleagues in the audience — including Jagger.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell voiced his bewilderment at the significant pay disparity between quarterback Daniel Jones and his teammate, running back Saquon Barkley.
Her mouth dropped open and she covered her face in bewilderment.
Onanuga, however, expressed bewilderment that Obi believed he could have won the election in which he came a "distant third".
Over the years, I’ve observed complete bewilderment over two of the fundamental features of a company’s culture: its vision statement versus its mission statement.
The first time we see him riding the train to Oklahoma, he considers the Native man seated in front of him with a mix of distaste and bewilderment.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday expressed bewilderment, following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
There is red-hot anger, bewilderment and embarrassment in our fans," Chappell said.
There was both rage and bewilderment in his eyes.
With a sense of bewilderment, they question the failure of individuals to grasp the gravity of the matter at hand.
Clinical psychologist Georgia Rose also voiced bewilderment over the series of events, noting that the affected child would experience lasting humiliation as a result.
Her latest performance, intended to charm, instead left French speakers puzzled and prompted a wave of amused bewilderment.
It was as though the very thoughts of bewilderment, of existential terror, of loss of self, even of obsessive bliss, were wrong.
Magezi explained her practice of meticulous planning and budgeting for her children's birthday parties, expressing bewilderment at the notion of others not adopting a similar approach.
Our friends here in Europe look at what’s happening in the U.S. with bewilderment and horror.
She says she started to campaign 'on the evils of poverty, climate change and animal cruelty' from age six, 'to the bewilderment of school mates and family'.
Basically, everywhere I went, while "taking pulse and temperature" of this country where I used to live, cumulatively, for more than a decade, I felt frustration and bewilderment.
Cannabis prohibition has been a travesty of justice and something that future historians will be puzzled with bewilderment.
Kurtz asked with some bewilderment, before showing the video of Oz’s apology.
Common combinations with bewilderment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bewilderment at 5×
- bewilderment of 5×
- in bewilderment 4×
- the bewilderment 4×
- and bewilderment 4×
- bewilderment and 4×
- of bewilderment 4×
- expressed bewilderment 3×
- with bewilderment 3×
- bewilderment over 2×