Near the beginning of the book, Kennedy is shocked and bewildered when a civil rights activist says he would not willingly defend his country in wartime.

Current and former state officials are bewildered by Fann’s actions, and fret about the motives and consequences of the audit.

Sam held very still, eyes wide, bewildered by the focused attention.

Spotify’s promise to bring more transparency to how podcasts are ranked on the charts is also a calculated pitch to podcast creators bewildered or disillusioned by the dominant, but resolutely mysterious, Apple Podcasts rankings.