bemuse
[bɪˈmjuːz]
Definition:
1. Cause to be confused emotionally.
2. Puzzles or confuses you.
'bemuse' example sentence:
- He slowly formed a bemused expression that seemed to indicate those quarters might never shine.
- I am both bemused and, at times, amused by the way he talks.
- They were thin, young, sick American soldiers moving bemused.
- In private, however, Lily is often bemused and energetic.
- John looked at him bemused and said, “I don’t know.”
- She added: "I was shocked and bemused."
- He greeted me with a bemused look.
- Parents clap and shriek with laughter while children look on with bemused grins as the daily ritual is performed.
- Undeterred, he crept into the cemetery under the cloak of darkness with a bemused sculptor in tow.
- My father looked slightly bemused.
- He was rather bemused by children.
- The old man sat bemused in the winter sun.
- The bank management team was a bit bemused.
- She seemed bemused when I told her.
- But the question just seemed to bemuse him.
- He was totally bemused by the traffic system in the city.
- The sheer quantity of detail would bemuse even the most clear-headed author.
- Mr. Sebastian was looking at the boys with a bemused expression.
- He was rather bemused by children.