bewilder
verb (used with object)
to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex.
had been bewildering
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past perfect progressiveof bewilder.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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What at the time had been bewildering, put on, day by day, robes of increasingly translucent clearness.
From The Furnace by Dame Rose Macaulay
Things which before had been bewildering and cruel now became plain and full of comfort.
From The Everlasting Arms by Joseph Hocking
The girl's kind speech to the old servant, her gentle tones, her womanly gesture, had been bewildering.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
The varying aspects in which Doggie had presented himself to her, in the past few months, had been bewildering.
From The Rough Road by William John Locke
