How to Use dazed in a Sentence

dazed

adjective
  • There’s her in a car, her cheeks flushed, with a dazed look in her eye.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Brith stares, dazed, nonplussed.
    — Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • The paramedics woke up the woman who was very dazed and confused.
    — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Up each popped, after all of two minutes, still wet and dazed.
    — Amy Randall, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2021
  • Rapkin, truth be told, looked a little dazed.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
  • The slightly dazed look of someone who has just emerged from an eight-hour surgery.
    — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The owl appeared to be hurt, so the woman placed the dazed bird in her car to seek help.
    — Nathan J. Fish, ajc, 9 May 2018
  • Bloody and dazed, he was picked up and walked to a police officer.
    — Bloomberg.com, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Geese have been seen swimming in circles or walking along with a dazed look.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Nissel, who wore a yarmulke, was left dazed and bloodied by the attack.
    — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Humans of all ages, in fact, stare dazed into glowing screens.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • The tree moves in ways your eye cannot follow, leaving you dazed and a bit uneasy.
    — Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Knocked over backward on his ass, he was propped on his elbows, looking dazed.
    — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The scene cuts to a dazed Bernard lying on a beach, waves lapping against him.
    — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Although the does appeared healthy and scampered off, the buck seemed more dazed.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 5 July 2017
  • Love stood there, looking dazed and dispirited, alone with his thoughts.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2019
  • The same woman who used to have fun behind her camera now seems sleepy, dazed, and even drugged.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • By the end of this rout, Svitolina looked dazed and a bit confused.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The scramble to get the show launched has left Tierney and Brady a bit dazed.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The video shows the dazed officer getting to his feet with his gun drawn, holding it down at his side.
    — Fox News, 3 June 2020
  • In it, a middle-age woman with a dazed expression stood in the dark shack with a chain on her neck.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • There were no video cameras to capture them, thin, dazed and lice-ridden, stumbling in the surf.
    — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022
  • When Ron takes a seat, the chair falls out from under him and breaks, leaving him dazed and sprawled on the floor.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Tens of thousands of dazed and exhausted survivors were left in the ruins.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Still looking dazed, the young man also spoke with the benefit of hindsight.
    — Author: William Wan, David Weingrad, Fred Barbash, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Texas looked dazed and off-kilter after Tech opened the half with an 18-4 run.
    — Nick Moyle Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The Terps received help from an opponent that looked dazed and bruised in that opening frame.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
  • With those recent comments, industry workers have been left dazed about whether their jobs are safe.
    — Meg Short, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • When the dazed young woman reels off quotes from an obscure self-help book, her new acolytes take her words as gnomic wisdom.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The cops arrived hours past midnight, turning on the lights to reveal an army of dazed, squinting faces.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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