Example sentences for: bemused

How can you use “bemused” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Once upon a time, colorful clothing was the sign of unspeakable naiveté or ridiculous ostentation, to be shunned in favor of black by all properly bemused and detached critics of society.

  • Yes, abortion is anathema to John Paul II, who is bemused by suggestions that he has an "obsession" with the subject, but he condemns abortion because he sees it as not only anti-life but also anti-woman.

  • On the rue du Monument is a granite cross commemorating the wooden cross that Jacques Cartier planted on behalf of his French sovereign in front of a bemused audience of Iroquois.

  • Some critics call it his "best album in years" (Tony Scherman, Entertainment Weekly ). Others are bemused by Lanois' addition of xylophones, organ, Caribbean rhythm, and atmospheric hoopla.

  • In recent photos I've seen of Bob Dylan, he's wearing a lopsided, bemused grin, the smile of someone who can't quite believe what's happening to him.


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