perplexing

Example Sentences

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I find it perplexing that people talk about the apocalypse as if it’s happening later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

The Supreme Court handed down a perplexing 5–4 decision on Thursday in Hamm v.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

All these works are overshadowed by Morris’s gender identity, which is no longer as perplexing as it was at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“The Bride!” is surprising and strange, perplexing and aggravating.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Let the cyclotron produce a perplexing result, and Lawrence’s reaction was invariably, “Let’s ask Oppie.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik