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