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Meanings of bewilder in English
Synonyms
Examples for "throw"
Examples for "throw"
1
In Europe we throw away 100 million tonnes of food every year.
2
But fears remain that political uncertainty could yet throw countries off course.
3
I'm sorry to throw cold water on the subject; but excuse me.
4
The problem is, however, people in glass houses should not throw stones.
5
We now throw down the gage to the capital of the world.
1
It never fails to bemuse one of his nephews, a youngster of four.
2
The next tie, with Middlesbrough, surely cannot bemuse the holders as this one did.
3
Interviewers are often left bemused by her darkly honest sense of humour.
4
Last year he said he was bemused by their friendliness during tournaments.
5
The public is already bemused by the debate, which has only started.
1
Would she let an external event discombobulate her in such a nervous disorder?
2
This companion would discombobulate the Sun's distant reservoir of comets whenever it passed through their neighborhood.
3
However, Hatch noted "those who hate the bill would like to discombobulate the whole mess".
4
With a glossy grin, a dry wit and bags of affable Irish-American charm, Barclays' chief executive, Bob Diamond, is a difficult man to discombobulate.
5
And so we behave fearfully when they enter the kitchen, as if they possess some talismanic evil, some malignant potency, which can discombobulate our creations.
Usage of bewilder in English
1
I believe this report will weary and bewilder people more than others.
2
Later, the lights in the busy streets will bewilder and entice him.
3
Thus did Hepzibah bewilder herself with these fantasies of the old time.
4
You stupefy and bewilder her with your eternal tattling and roundabout harangues.
5
But perhaps my father is right-perhapsit would frighten and bewilder me.
6
Everything between us conspired to bewilder me as to her real purpose.
7
The former served to bewilder the mind, the latter to puzzle the senses.
8
However, I must not bewilder you with words in the beginning.
9
Pictures in any number can bewilder and dazzle as much as they delight.
10
Then the geologist comes to bewilder us still more, with extension in time.
11
Reine went in and out of the room in a bewildered fashion.
12
Darrell did not reply at once; he felt in some way bewildered.
13
Even the acquiescence of Rosamund in the title of countess bewildered him.
14
While still bewildered and undetermined the landlady came in from the bar-room.
15
Then some other impulse seized the bewildered rudimentary brains; the cattle balked.
16
The orderly was stunned by his fall; I was bruised and bewildered.
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United Kingdom
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