Bewilderment Sentence Examples

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  • Her hand paused as she stared in bewilderment at what sat in the bottom of the bath tub.

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  • On the 1st of May following the king suddenly broke up a tournament at Greenwich, leaving the company in bewilderment and consternation.

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  • Uncertain how to respond, Deidre laughed uncomfortably at the amount of bewilderment his question contained.

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  • They all stared in timid bewilderment at the strange, long-haired commander dressed up in feathers and gold.

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  • This is achieved; and Briinnhilde's horror and bewilderment at meeting Siegfried again as a stranger in his own shape creates a situation which Siegfried cannot understand, and which Hagen pretends to construe as damning evidence that Siegfried has betrayed Gunther's honour as well as Briinnhilde's.

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  • The delights of love are made to stand for the raptures of union with the divine, the tavern symbolizes an oratory, and intoxication is the bewilderment of sense before the surpassing vision.

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  • He said, "Strong words and capping threats from government will simply cause weary bewilderment."

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  • And latterly, to her surprise and bewilderment, Princess Mary noticed that her father was really associating more and more with the Frenchwoman.

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  • Have anyone else had these feeling of total bewilderment.

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  • His look of utter bewilderment was a joy to behold!

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  • Nevertheless, the fact remains that I embraced my complete bewilderment.

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  • Prince Andrew glanced at Timokhin, who looked at his commander in alarm and bewilderment.

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  • Struck by the change, Gabriel laughed in bewilderment.

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  • Their professed bewilderment, following 1916, seemed to confirm that they were totally indifferent to Ireland's struggle for national and social independence.

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  • The antics on pitch caused great bewilderment and amusement for all in the stands, although they never quite knew what was going on.

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  • In its face, Alan Greenspan, long regarded by leading capitalists as possessing positively magical powers, confessed bewilderment.

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  • Much to the bewilderment of older adults, the term "emo" is used quite frequently with today's generation.

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  • No attack materialized, and during Sunday there was increasing bewilderment and loss of nerve.

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  • Provincial members expressed bewilderment at all this and the EC recommendation was upheld, not with full authority, forty three to twenty three.

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  • Douglas Coupland called the bewilderment induced by there being too many choices ' option paralysis ' (' Generation X ', 1991 ).

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  • After the initial bewilderment, I must admit I felt some slight anger and betrayal.

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  • Bird Song's parlor began filling with guests whose canceled activities put them in a what-do-you-do-next? mood of bewilderment.

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  • His woman awoke but was instantly stricken with a look of bewilderment.

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  • Couple that with the big changes she's been through in the last three months, and I suspect she is acting out her bewilderment and frustration by peeing in the house.

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  • From cravings for your favorite cooked foods to bewilderment over what exactly you can eat, it helps to have a place to turn with your questions, moments of panic, and other concerns.

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  • These high offices rendered Guicciardini the virtual master of the papal states beyond the Apennines, during a period of great bewilderment and difficulty.

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