Bewildering

Examples

• Human nature could not withstand these bewildering temptations. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• From them we can gather some hint of the enormous bewildering demand that prostitution answers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She was too bewildering. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The balance of the frightful herd was now circling rapidly and with bewildering speed about the little knot of victims. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• But experience has shown that a seven-foot ballot with a regiment of names is so bewildering that a real choice is impossible. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The wind blew fiercely now, and the thickening white storm waxed bewildering; but on she came, and not dismayed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My bed stood in a little alcove; on turning my face to the wall, the room with its bewildering accompaniments became excluded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• After about nine weeks of this bewildering transit a friend approached me with a sour look on his face. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• More bewildering to him than his misery, far. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Even the bustle and confusion at the railway terminus, so wearisome and bewildering at other times, roused me and did me good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It must be bewildering to men brought up, let us say, in the Hanna school of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Allan looks at him in perplexity, but discovers some real meaning and good faith at the bottom of this bewildering reply. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And now, hosts of bewildering and confused ideas came crowding on his mind. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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