| The strange songs he would sing during his morning shower were a constant source of bemusement to all who had the luxury of hearing his rhapsody. |
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| While Mona stares uncomfortably into the horse's eye, Tamsin regards her with poised bemusement. |
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| All of these things cause my brain befuddlement, bemusement and general confusion. |
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| The Ancient Greeks would probably have scratched their heads in bemusement at the Olympic spectacle of beach volleyball. |
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| To Jack's bemusement, he rolls another vintage around his palate and claims to detect hints of strawberry, asparagus, and Dutch Edam. |
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| The name caused a lot of bemusement, but over the course of his life Dryfess obligingly chose to respond to several different variations of it. |
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| Environmental groups and other observers were left scratching their heads in bemusement. |
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| Public bemusement with modern art is shared by Her Majesty, a new book has revealed. |
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| Evidence of this came two years ago when, to some bemusement, property prices began to play catch-up with less traumatised parts of the county. |
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| It buys him first bemusement, then solicitation, and finally enmity and a serious whack upside the head. |
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| The consumers masticated their burgers and fries as they regarded the crowd with silent bemusement. |
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| Were the rest of Europe remotely interested, they would look on only in bemusement. |
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| Every few pages there is a quote to add enlightenment or bemusement. |
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| The English continue to express their body weight in stones, to the bemusement of foreigners and colonials. |
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| His bemusement at this everyday feature of female existence reminded me how strange and sick the 'fat' insult is. |
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| A renowned architect but a deceived husband, Dardamelle proclaims everywhere his misfortune much to the bemusement of his wife and her lover. |
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| He is an attractive but not winsome character whose bemusement, resentment and perseverance are evident. |
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| Apart from a few horrified boys who snatched their hands down in dismay, the general reaction was one of bemusement. |
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| So it was with some bemusement that the village went mad with delight verging on delirium when none other than Two Jags himself made his stunning announcement. |
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| He vacillates between childlike bemusement and childlike trepidation. |
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| Imitating their elders on such occasions, they stuffed themselves with a lot of food and drink, and roared with merriment to the bemusement of all the diners around. |
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| The chatter was deafening as people mingled and chatted and circulated much to the bemusement of the staff as they tried to deliver food to the appropriate peripatetic diners. |
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| It is likely future generations will look back at the current debate over smoking in cars carrying children with similar bemusement. |
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| Indeed, such was the manner of Les Bleus' 2-0 defeat that the fans in Marseille ended the match cheering every South American touch, much to the bemusement of French coach Raymond Domenech and his players. |
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| Yet the surprise at a player from Mexico's second tier firing his way to such a lofty position paled in comparison to the bemusement that followed Botero's recent retirement from international football. |
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| Indeed, one avowed and relentless blog critic3 of the Liberal government, and in particular Prime Minister Paul Martin, was quick to admit, to his own bemusement, his reluctant support for the Budget effort. |
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| Fans at the show quickly took to social media to express their bemusement at Gaga's nude display. |
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| Therefore imagine my bemusement with the various attempts to clean up the puddles that ensued. |
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| With its characteristic Yinglish syntax, this last remark represents the older generation's bemusement with the military parade. |
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| However, once the staff got over their bemusement, they told the star that she would need to apply online. |
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| The latter role saw him become a presenter on Live Aid, a day of madness that is documented with wry comment and apparent bemusement. |
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| But some people viewed the planchettes with bemusement. |
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| Ian Fletcher looks on with bemusement as his inept colleagues are promoted. |
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| It was possible to see even the Monica Lewinsky affair from this angle, for all the bemusement it may have caused us supposedly more world-weary Europeans. |
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| In fact I've rarely felt anything other than bemusement at how referees allow him to get away with his acts of blatant deceit. |
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| The kiddies' eyes will widen in bemusement as we recall that in most families in our parents' day, only daddies went out to work, and mommies stayed home to look after the children at least until they were into their teens. |
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| The expressions show curiosity, fatigue, bemusement, tolerance. |
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| She was well aware of how to exploit a sitter's bemusement when confronted by this short-of-stature figure speaking in clipped sentences with a posh accent. |
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| He could buy any colour of buggy he wanted, as long as it was black: imagine his bemusement if he were to stroll among the dense ranks of vehicles of all shapes, sizes and colours in a car lot these days. |
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| This appeared to be the case at Heathrow's Terminal 1, where some travellers expressed bemusement and even shock at the relatively low key nature of the measures, which will cost about £9m over the next six months. |
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| A rope around Shelton's waist was tugged by an off-camera assistant while he mugged at the camera in hog-tied bemusement. |
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| But while many mining colleagues of my age used the time to make up for a working life amid all that testosterone I, to the bemusement of many, although not my family, found solace in Dunfermline library. |
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| I watched with bemusement recently as a California judge ordered the music swapping site Napster to cease operations, pending the outcome of the RIAA's lawsuit. |
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