bemuse
verb (used with object)
to bewilder or confuse.
had bemused
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past perfectof bemuse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A diving save to tip away Martin Frydek's rasping shot was the other highlight after Anya had bemused the home supporters by slotting Scotland in front.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2016
Her eyes turned to Penelope with desire to make her lord, her husband, known—in vain, because Athena had bemused the queen, so that she took no notice, paid no heed.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
But the Blackbirder's English was limited, and the shock of meeting missionaries of so strange a texture had bemused his wits.
From White Fire by John Oxenham
The thought of raising the bid of five hundred gold to a thousand or more had bemused him, blunted his ordinary cunning.
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
The five stares which had bemused the visitors at first, did not break to follow their movements.
From The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton
