adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Edberg looked bemused by the questions.
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She told him to leave, but he just sat there with a bemused expression on his face.
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Shop-owners and residents alike seem bemused by the recent arrival of so many tourists.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Diana's gesture did not surprise her, merely bemused her.
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He was a gentle, courteous, convivial, slightly bemused romantic, born out of his time.
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He was still bemused about the money.
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Silently, and still bemused , she held out the receiver.
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The fact that the dream was, after all, coming true quite bemused the community.
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The Front Runners stop periodically and then run a twenty-yard dash, to the applause of bemused spectators.
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This was a contest that will be remembered as the day the Saints became bemused sinners.