bemuse
verb (used with object)
to bewilder or confuse.
bemusement
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a word derived from
bemuse.
Example Sentences
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Watching his wife’s torrent of visiting children and grandchildren, he said with some bemusement: “Everywhere she goes is a convention.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Journalists crammed onto the sidewalk by the neatly clipped hedgerows opposite the private street leading to the residence, to the bemusement of passing joggers and delivery drivers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Generation X, your generation, will likely work longer, so you may have more demands on your time that could be a source of bemusement for your mother-in-law.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
The decision to keep courthouse doors open last week, even as smoke was wafting in, has been met with a mix of frustration and bemusement by the legal community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
The brief bemusement vanished from Kamau’s face, replaced with a look of knowing.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
