bemuse
verb (used with object)
to bewilder or confuse.
Example Sentences
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The delivery to get Brook was breathtaking: dipping and turning sharply into the top of off stump, thoroughly bemusing the England man.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
Perhaps the most bemusing example of misinformation came in a bankruptcy case where a law firm submitted legal briefs using research derived from ChatGPT — including citations to six legal precedents that the AI fabricated.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
What Gaines does not miss is Gregory’s spirit, and its effect — amusing, bemusing, inspiring — on the world around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
But Wednesday’s game vs. the Cubs at Sloan Park provided an anecdote that some might consider to be bemusing irony or fitting coincidence.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
Pallas Athena and Zeus All Provident will see you through, bemusing our young friends.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
