flummox
Example Sentences
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They ended up meeting in the World Series, where batters were flummoxed by a steady diet of the pitch of the moment.
But even though these systems have mastered chess, conquered Go and unfolded nearly all of the known proteins in the universe, they were initially flummoxed by the mere concept of a bracket.
More broadly, considering England's campaign as a whole, the wild form fluctuations are most flummoxing.
From BBC
He’s further flummoxed when he’s taken, along with other reluctant Japanese-Americans, on a journey to a country where they’ve never lived.
But several of those madcap ideas flummoxed fans—Carlin pointed to the 1972 single “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” which was inspired by the nursery rhyme.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
