Kate Christensen

I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.

American Novelist

John Burnside

I remember how, back in the 1980s, the Scottish Flow Country became an object of bemused controversy as rich celebrities and businessmen from south of the border acquired great tracts of this vast wetland in the far north in order to plant non-native conifer plantations that attract hefty tax breaks.

Scottish Writer

Thomas Horn

We were bemused, I guess, when we got the call from Hollywood. We didn't know anything about the entertainment industry or even what a casting agency was. But I thought, 'What do I have to lose?' It's not every day a great opportunity presents itself.

American Actor

Grace Kelly

I did enjoy and take pride in my work as an actress, yet I'm bemused by suppositions that my life since has somehow been less fulfilling. That certainly is not the case. Rather the reverse.

American Actress

Michael Leunig

Making jokes is about the most wrong and stupid thing a bemused, middle-aged, white heterosexual Anglo Saxon sort of Celt Australian male can do these days.

Australian Cartoonist

Terry Wogan

My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a little bit lazy.

Irish Entertainer

Jade Jagger

People occasionally recognise me. But they don't know who I am. I see a lot of bemused looks... They're trying to figure it out.

English Designer

Jamie Carragher

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso was always bemused by our enthusiasm for tackling, because he saw it as the last resort.

English Athlete

Chuka Umunna

I get quite bemused by the comments made about what I wear because, for African people, how you dress is very important.

British Politician

Mike Nichols

I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them.

German Director

Bemuse can imply a mild amusement or tolerance, not just confusion.

Emotional Impact

Being bemused doesn't always mean being upset or annoyed.

Not Negative

Bemuse suggests a gentler confusion than words like 'baffle' or 'flummox'.

Subtle Confusion

Bemuse can convey deep engagement in thought, often with positive connotations.

Thoughtful Engagement

Using bemuse may suggest a reflective or meditative mood.

Reflective Mood

When bemused, a person's attention is often captured by something intriguing.

Capturing Attention

 "What do you do about the drop-out rate in Finland?" And they all looked a bit bemused, and said, "Well, we don't have one. Why would you drop out? If people are in trouble, we get to them quite quickly

How to escape...

 think it was so brief and so quick and I'm utterly kun I I'm bemused I have no idea what it was I have no idea what it could be and I have no idea where it

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 He was known in Greek mythology as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and distracted the gods. Midas spent his days in a stupor of splendor,