The combined effect was bewildering.
The effect is bewildering — a tense portrayal of a relaxed being, a world of erotic suggestion conjured electrically from the rubbing together of surfaces.
There are many other striking passages in the "Stanislaus" score — beautifully austere Renaissance-style writing in the first scene, for example — but the over-all effect is bewildering.
Holroyd proceeds at a furious pace, and, in less expert hands, the detail packed onto the page might bewilder; instead, the effect is of an epic, perfectly balanced by intimacies of setting and character.
They will not solve California's problems.What, then, is the net effect of this bewildering system, in which budgeting arises from the interplay of an atrophied legislature and a patchwork of voter decisions?
The effect is sometimes bewildering – I advise carefully studying the synopsis first – and Payne could have thought harder about how to ensure his audience can always keep up with his rapid-fire sequence of ideas.
The overall effect is a bewildering riot of colour; the scene constantly shifting as performers group and regroup, lights flash, and music blares.
His stories begin to contradict and blur, an effect as beautiful and bewildering as gazing through a kaleidoscope.
The effect was disorienting, and frequently bewildering.
