A green-and-white Italianate building in the neo-colonial style popular in Thailand during the 19th century houses a "Citizen Kane -like bewilderment of European statuary and art, including a collection of elaborately decorated French and German porcelain plates, vases and figurines.
The novel is much the same, offering fairy-tale-like scenes of bewilderment and horror.
I was shocked by their waver of bewilderment – like heat vibrating across a field".
When I asked him what his interactions with the White House had been like, he said, with bewilderment, "I'm shocked we all passed the background check".
He stopped several times to quiz the children on some of the bigger words in the chapter, like "exertion" and "bewilderment".
The play has an unmediated heat, anger and bewilderment, like the scream of a wounded man surprised by injury, and the bluntness and hurriedness of someone who wants to say something important fast.
When Tom, unable to deal with his mother's disappointment, tries to close the door on the past, Amanda says, "Go to the moon — you selfish dreamer!" Instead of screaming or hissing the words, Jones dredges them up out of Amanda's aggrieved bewilderment, like something solid.
I was reporting from Old Trafford when new owner Michael Knighton celebrated the acceptance of his £20 million bid in 1989 and, like the fans, gasped in bewilderment as he ran onto the pitch in team kit, juggling a ball.
Those Republican guys, they explained with bewilderment and fear, had, like, taken over the Senate and the House, too.
So yes Robin was asked the most important dog question of our time -- and not sure if Robin was confused being in Hollywood, not the rich and famous Beverly Hills, but he replied that President Obama should name his dog "lost" as we gazed at him in bewilderment he added -- like the television show!
But few had seen anything like this play, and a murmur of bewilderment was audible in the crowd all through halftime.
