bewilder
verb (used with object)
to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex.
had bewildered
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past perfectof bewilder.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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From the season's start, the Montreal Canadiens' forward line had bewildered National Hockey League goalies with its machine-gun procession of shots.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the onslaught of the storm had bewildered him.
From The Harbor Master by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Orson had bewildered them further by a sort of cockneyism of misappropriated letters.
From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes
The fiery canopy of physical suffering, which had bewildered and blinded his thinking faculties, was drawn aside; and the spirit of Schiller looked forth in its wonted serenity, once again before it passed away forever.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle
A witching little Will-o’-the-wisp had bewildered Dan into strange ways this evening; but he was back again in his own straight honest line beneath the stars.
From Killykinick by Mary T. (Mary Theresa) Waggaman
