be perplexed
Example Sentences
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As Eleni Ravanis, a student collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa explained in the news release about the rock, a future Mars geologist would be perplexed by the rock's placement.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2022
Presidential scholars of the future will also be perplexed by the ordering of these photos.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
Even the most ardent MCU fan may be perplexed.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021
Many of those new participants may be perplexed, for example, as to why they would be allowed to choose a new governor if they voted to keep the incumbent.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2021
Those who will resort to “ancient evidence exclusively” for the recension of the text may well be perplexed in dealing with this passage.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
