All 5 Uses
bewilder
in
The Women of Brewster Place
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- Sergeant Manchester massaged the tightness between his sleepy eyes and looked wearily at the desperate bewilderment that stood in front of him.†
p. 46.6 *bewilderment = a feeling of extreme confusion
- It's not the baby, it's not the baby—the rhythm of those words sped up the motion of her hands, and she had almost yanked and folded and pressed them into a reality when, bewildered, she realized that she had run out of towels.†
p. 93.2bewildered = confused
- In his guilt and bewilderment he spent more money on her that Christmas than on all the other children, but they still felt the quiet reproach in her spirit as she listlessly fingered the new sweaters, camera, and portable radio.†
p. 109.1bewilderment = a feeling of extreme confusion
- The children followed her bewildering behavior with freshly combed and brushed heads.†
p. 122.3bewildering = confusing
- Little girls woke up screaming, unable to be comforted by bewildered mothers who knew, and yet didn't know, the reason for their daughters' stolen sleep.†
p. 176.1bewildered = confused
Definitions:
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(1)
(bewilder) to confuse someone
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)