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- adverb In a
bemused manner
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Examples
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As car dealers struggle - nearly 1,000 in the U.S. were shuttered in 2008, causing about 50,000 people to lose their jobs - Mahoney at the Galos dealership recalls bemusedly a mistaken news report he saw recently that claimed his employer had filed for bankruptcy.
unknown title 2009
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And every historian of the era bemusedly explains how Marxist parties, supposedly united against their respective governments, suddenly discovered patriotism.
Asymmetric Sell-Outs, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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For example, an appeal to refrain from piling rocks on the road means nothing to the uninitiated who are driven to bemusedly flick through their dictionaries for a translation of the enigmatic admonition.
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And it's no small thing that it keeps legions of non-Christians bemusedly wondering what mind-numbing drugs Christians take that allows them to not just accept that idea, but actively promote it.
John Shore: Is God's Justice Different Than Ours? John Shore 2011
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I wandered over in a disbelieving daze just in time to hear my Dad say, "... and your drummer, very tympanic ..." while Pete bemusedly nodded.
Binky Philips: Pete Townshend Meets My Mom and Dad at the Fillmore East Binky Philips 2010
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Not the wisdom of some Creator looking on bemusedly at his creation, but a wisdom and intelligence inherent in all creation itself.
Roger Housden: Secular Spirituality: An Oxymoron? Roger Housden 2012
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Watching ZBig bemusedly dress Joe down was satisfying.
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I was ushered into a near-stranger's bathroom in a brand-new US house, offered a washcloth, and then they left me there while I stared bemusedly at the showerhead coming out of the wall.
Australia/New Zealand versus the USA: amusing differences karenhealey 2010
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Not the wisdom of some Creator looking on bemusedly at his creation, but a wisdom and intelligence inherent in all creation itself.
Roger Housden: Secular Spirituality: An Oxymoron? Roger Housden 2012
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"Since I left training it kind of kicked off," he said, bemusedly.
Rewind radio: 5 Live Sport; Woman's Hour; The Class Ceiling; What's Eating the Museum? 2011
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