The erect head and flashing eyes of the youth drew an involuntary exclamation of approval from the anxious secretary, who had stood striving to evolve from his befuddled wits some course adequate to the strained situation.
Only Norton Pyford, in a sort of befuddled gallantry, suggested that the ladies might have sentimental confidences to exchange, and leered amorously at Elise Durwent.
Through the befuddledwits of the young fellow came the sound of the voice that had dominated his childhood.
The instant his feet struck the ground it seemed to shock his very blood into icy currents that congealed and left himbefuddled and shivering.
It was quite plain to Glenning's still befuddled intellect that Dillard had elected to stay with him and take care of him during the night.
To a sleep-befuddled brain it looked very much like the rose tints of morning, and John Glenning mechanically pulled out his watch, to smile at his stupidity the next moment, for it was not yet eleven.
For a moment the man lay trying to collect his befuddled senses.
But, flabby, and with his brain befuddled with liquor, Brent was no match for the other, who a year before, he could have killed with his bare hands.
Out of a fog of wild notions the befuddled thin man had pitched upon this alone, that Martin withheld from him their common profit from their adventure into trade.
Never was there plainer example of befuddled wits!
Dazzled, and befuddled by his own rash speed, Ned Vince had only swift young reflexes to rely on to avoid a fearful, telescoping collision.
He felt unclean; he was, in a befuddled way, paying for Katherine.
Longville retreated from the house in a sadlybefuddled state.
He used French words that were retained in English without being Anglicized to give puissance to what he thought of condescendingly as his befuddled mother tongue.
His brain was too befuddled to grasp the meaning of anything.
I don't even begin to see," Freddy replied with a befuddled groan.
Fighting for control of his senses, and gasping for breath, he remained right where he was, too all in and befuddled to care whether school kept or not.
The other's eyes popped a little, and his jaw sagged in befuddled amazement.
He turned his poor, befuddled head to one side, then to the other.
This detective is so befuddled he doesn't know whether he's walking on his head or his feet.
Britz did not believe him guilty, Greig seemed hopelessly befuddled by the conflicting evidence, while Chief Manning dared not venture an opinion.
You don't, for you are too befuddled with liquor to know," retorted the calm old man.
Bradley looked about him, his befuddled brain noting this or that obstacle to immediate flight.
You tell me or--" He checked, searching his befuddledmind for a compelling threat.
The longshoreman, apparently befuddled in his bearings, wandered toward the dock, which protruded into the river, a part of the club property.
Rubbing his eyes, he tried to recall how he came there, and slowly his befuddled brain began to work.
His frequent libations had so befuddled him that he had almost forgotten the object of his visit.
I can't make head or tail of them, and I think my brother is about as muchbefuddled as I am.
His wild escape--his coming to this unknown place--and now this befuddled young fellow intent upon battle with him.
Sometimes Spear would be there, sardonically witty, drinking heavily but neverbefuddled by his liquor.
The befuddled swain, after a dazed interval, attempted to follow, but Francisco flung him back.
Two or three of the befuddled lords strove together; the stronger was to throw the other under the table; but there was one martial youth whom all together could not drive out of his corner.
Seated, he drew her into his arms, where she lay passive, too limp and befuddled to resist.
She felt a surge of tipsy elation, and then the muffled music of the mechanical piano, drifting through the closed door, penetrated her befuddled consciousness.
Mrs. Prothero was befuddled at this explosion in her quiet home.
She haled the befuddled Davidge to a chair and regarded him with beaming eyes.
But for a moment or two his befuddled brain was unable to grasp that truth, and he continued lurching and reeling forward until his foot tripped over a stone, and he fell flat on his face.
And that little act was curtains for the already befuddled brain in the leading Zero's cockpit.
As he always trebled the amount that they asked for, and as they were too drunk and befuddled to contest the word of so good and kind a man, Murphy had a tidy sum due him when the allotments were signed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "befuddled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
