- present tense form of befuddle (3rd person singular).
befuddles
Example Sentences
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But the decision to allow Parias to leave the scene, while still handcuffed, befuddles her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Stagflation is the bitterest of economic pills: High inflation mixes with a weak job market to cause a toxic brew that punishes consumers and befuddles economists.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
He has constructed a glossy fever dream that bewitches as much as it befuddles.
From Salon ● May 20, 2022
“The reason the ‘Latino vote’ befuddles is because it doesn’t exist, nor do ‘Latino issues,’” Isvett Verde, an opinion editor at The New York Times, wrote in an election postmortem.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2020
Grape-growers are not in the fog that befuddles growers of tree-fruits in regard to tillage.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
