bewilder
verb (used with object)
to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex.
bewilders
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present tense formof bewilder (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The variety of goals that the Japanese striker scores is astonishing, but all of them have one thing in common - speed of thought that bewilders the unfortunates tasked with the job of marking him.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2023
Basra continually bewilders experts, envoys and residents: How can a relatively stable province so rich in resources rank among the poorest and most under-developed in the country?
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Basra continually bewilders experts, envoys and residents: How can a relatively stable province so rich in resources rank among the poorest and most underdeveloped in the country?
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
In Herman Melville’s 1853 short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” a Wall Street clerk bewilders his manager by politely refusing to do basic tasks, including leaving the office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
I once beheld on earth celestial graces, And heavenly beauties scarce to mortals known, Whose memory lends nor joy nor grief alone, But all things else bewilders and effaces.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various
