baffle

He empathizes with people born in the 1940s who feel irrelevant, since even 20-year-olds now baffle him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

The question of how these two—a vulgar revolutionary and a soft-spoken, polite epitome of the GOP old guard—have stayed together for so long, with such limited drama between them, can baffle observers.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025

Fans are entitled to expect the technology to reduce the errors by highlighting the obvious mistakes, not baffle them with science.

From BBC ● May 6, 2024

But it is just this demand—- the requirement that citizens find ways to navigate a social world which will, necessarily, often baffle and horrify them—- that liberal societies must impose.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023

“The things we know; the things we think we know but don’t know for sure; and the things that totally baffle us and are driving us bonkers.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

“Sometimes it baffles us,” said chief prosecutor Hsing Tai-chao.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

“It baffles all of us as animal lovers. Who could do this?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025

"It just baffles me that in 2025 there is still no talk of regulation really coming to Northern Ireland," she told BBC News NI.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

There is much about Chris that still baffles him and always will, but now he is a little less baffled.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

If you’re baffled by that choice, or Michelle Pfeiffer’s comedy supporting nod for “Margo” while getting nothing for carrying “The Madison,” you’re right to have very pointed questions.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

The incident has baffled some Rhode Islanders, who wonder why the state has proven incapable of getting a country club to remove a simple stone wall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Four years later, he’s no less baffled to have become the subject of a new documentary, “Peter Asher: Everywhere Man,” directed by the filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

A fan from Paris though was baffled by the order to leave the stands.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

“Then I’d know,” I said, baffled by how upset he was.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2, said his airline found "the continued pursuit of a policy so baffling - in cases where it has clearly not been implemented in a robust manner".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Even more baffling is the fact that just one week ago a mountain lion was found in a residential area of Santa Monica, which similarly prompted shelter-in-place warnings for people living nearby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

But it’s still baffling, to say the least.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

“To me he’s had the greatest career of any NBA player … for him to do it again and answer the bell again, it’s … baffling in some ways.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

The same is true for the two baffling sentences I used on page 140, the ones about moderate drinkers and Serbian intervention.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker