bewildering
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- bewilderingly adverb
- unbewildering adjective
- unbewilderingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of bewildering
Example Sentences
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An avid numerologist, in 1987, he issued new currency in denominations of nine -- a digit considered auspicious, but bewildering shoppers with mental arithmetic.
From Barron's
Of course, the Ravens have been bewilderingly inconsistent all season.
Residents and officials were left grappling with a bewildering question: How did the fire become so deadly so quickly?
This wasn't the ancient amphitheatre of Herodium down the road, but it was a sporting spectacle all the same, twisting and turning, bewildering and perplexing.
From BBC
“It’s bewildering and dizzying and, I think, disorienting for everyone. People don’t know what’s coming next.”
From Los Angeles Times
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