Shoppers stared in bemusement at the mysterious object that landed in a shopping precinct in Poole, Dorset, this week. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Post-Tort Christmas Tree] Reference
I particularly loved the businessman washing his hands and shaking his head in bemusement at the sticker in the mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Friday memes and random thoughts] Reference
Or was he already there frozen in bemusement?. From Wordnik.com. [Seagull semiotics] Reference
Nadine Dorries suddenly exploded with fury 'bemusement' so great, it could not be contained in a single tweet. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggerheads] Reference
"While I am in an I-told-you-so-mood," he wrote in Stenberg v. Carhart, "I must recall my bemusement ... at the ... expressed belief that. From Wordnik.com. [Politics Daily] Reference
There was some applause, and I suppose some bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2003] Reference
I shrugged it off, only one more bemusement among many. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
Critics of Israel will shake their heads in bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
KING: I notice you watch yourself with bemusement, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2003] Reference
The rest of the Cleric Council responded with bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
"It could?" he said in bemusement, only to shake his head. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Her brows quirked, a distant note of bemusement in her voice. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
KING: So you can look at that which we just saw with bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jim Bakker, 'Born Again' - January 25, 2000] Reference
That last went to Lucia, who was standing, staring in bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Bargain]
Shaking his head in bemusement, he lifted a hand and rubbed his jaw. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
Jaya stood with Elliot and Wendy watching the action with bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [tequilamonky Diary Entry] Reference
The captain of the Ronin wore his bemusement as artlessly as his beard. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
Amazed at the miniature perfection, he felt his lips twitch in bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
And he shrugged as if to express bemusement at yet another female success. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
Anthony clapped his friend on the back, bringing him out of his bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Other forms of sympathy have elicited bemusement from hardened New Yorkers. From Wordnik.com. [Nearly Six Months Later] Reference
He hadn't left her in a state of bemusement, as his brother so obviously had. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
I made up a dialogue to go with his actions, solely for the wife's bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
But they shook off their bemusement, all except the lieutenant, with reluctance. From Wordnik.com. [Odyssey]
The three entered the larger room, which smelled of antiseptic -- rather to Medart's bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference
But instead, and to his own bemusement, he heard himself asking her if she wanted something to eat. From Wordnik.com. [Master of Pleasure]
Goody noted with private bemusement that this was the first time he had heard the bird repeat an insult. From Wordnik.com. [Pet Peeve]
He noted with bemusement that she couldn't say a bad word in the presence of even a fake underage person. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
He began acting in local plays at the age of eight, a development greeted with bemusement by his family and neighbours. From Wordnik.com. [John C Reilly: Confessions of a scene-stealer] Reference
He felt only the shortest moment of anger at Mimi, but it quickly cooled and then warmed again, replaced by bemusement. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
In some bemusement Doone watched him go: his first taste of the difficulty of deflecting Tremayne from a chosen course. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
She watched in bemusement as he ordered a half-caff caramel macchiato, but restrained herself from making any jokes about it. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Bargain]
Now, she said with some bemusement, the moratorium has assumed outsize importance, to the detriment of the larger goal of the talks. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton stresses urgency of Mideast talks despite focus on settlement moratorium] Reference
He ducked futilely as the hard fruits bounced harmlessly off him, and shook his head in bemusement as Pelagia once more disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
As I contemplated the useless instrument in bemusement, a single small Ivanov stun-dart smacked into it and rattled onto the platform. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
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