be puzzled
Example Sentences
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Viewers may be puzzled about how Neagley gets away with operating like a bona-fide government agent, which she’s not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
While some might be puzzled by Apple’s new approach, marketing experts say that this is exactly the type of marketing Gen-Z responds to.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Sometimes her husband, the gallerist Tom Jimmerson, will come home at the end of the day and be puzzled — the canvas Yamaguchi was working on that morning doesn’t appear all that different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
One certainly hopes they are wrong, and voters will continue to be puzzled as to why they're being told to be scared about the personal business of strangers.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
Although she might be puzzled by these differences between man and woman, she knew them and accepted them and needed them.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
