- present participle of bewilder.
bewildering
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Example Sentences
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So how can Labour escape this new bewildering world of pain?
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Liberalism has come to acquire a bewildering range of meanings over the years; our understanding of the word is, by necessity, contextual.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
There is something intuitively catchy about brain attack, even if it’s also a little bewildering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Stalin “possessed both an uncontrollable temper and extraordinary willpower. He was capable of bewildering recklessness and cold-blooded displays of control.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
But her mother and father would find cities like Rochester and Syracuse too big and bewildering, too noisy.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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