baffle

Example Sentences

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Why an Oscar-winning screenwriter would make a film that makes so little attempt to dig into its central character is baffling.

From The Wall Street Journal

But occasionally one would come along that baffled even him.

From Literature

I threw Russell a baffled look when I saw a metal hose with an apparatus resting on an out-rigged stand near the faucets.

From Literature

She pauses uncertainly, baffled by my lack of protocol as I rise from my chair and reach again for the wire headpiece.

From Literature

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

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