bamboozle

Example Sentences

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As they learned, the Courbet affair was hardly the first time this handsome outsider was able to allegedly bamboozle savvy art buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

I can see Fury getting caught consistently on the way in and the angles and the footwork of Usyk will bamboozle him at times.

From BBC • May 16, 2024

Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

It's not just that they bamboozle people and they play these semantic games, either.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2022

They are not trying to bamboozle us; that’s just the way they think.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker