bemuse
verb (used with object)
to bewilder or confuse.
have bemused
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present perfectof bemuse.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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References by Johnson’s government to “the Australian model” in briefings to journalists have bemused EU officials because no deal has yet been agreed with the Canberra government.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2020
But the book is studded with titillating mathematical believe-it-or-nots, puzzles and paradoxes that have bemused men through the ages.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have bemused myself with gnostic and metempsychosic speculations.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
