Sentence examples for to be bemused from inspiring English sources

There is much to be bemused about: Is this what our generals spend their time doing?

In a statement, Forbes said it continues to be "bemused by Prince Alwaleed's ego-driven PR stunt".

There was nothing buffoonish about Hulot; by and large, he was more likely to be bemused witness to society's folly than to cause calamities himself.

Dr Moorhouse's zoology colleagues are said by the author to be "bemused but very supportive", but he cannot escape from comparisons with two classics of children's literature, Watership Down and The Wind in the Willows.

When viewing the tiny, hand-coloured etchings of figures being burned alive and hair being washed in blood it is fine, the curators say, to be bemused and baffled.

Executives at the broadcaster are said to be bemused by the publicity surrounding Vorderman - who has claimed she was told to take a 90% pay cut to stay on the show.

Farquharson admits to being "bemused" at criticism of SDK limitations at this stage, suggesting that a richer, native SDK for a device like the Apple Watch might encourage more developers to simply squash down their smartphone games.

Such folk may be bemused to discover that mathematics can be fun and that books on the subject are often bestsellers.

A: Parents may be bemused to hear their children exclaim: "I got an 8 in maths!" In Avatar, the Na'vi used a similar octal numeral system – but their excuse was that they had four fingers on each hand.

If there is an afterlife and theatre reviews are published there, the spirits of Anton Chekhov and DH Lawrence will be bemused to read about productions of plays they didn't know they'd written.

People close to Mr. Gore said he might be bemused but was not threatened by Mr. Lieberman's presidential ambitions.