puzzling
Example Sentences
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His cracked and scaly skin sagged in puzzling places.
From Literature
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He told me after our interview was over that he'd found the question "humbling and puzzling".
From BBC
Which makes it puzzling that Jewett’s other books are so rarely reprinted.
However, he said that elsewhere, there are “puzzling dislocations in relative valuation across the sector to help investors identify opportunities in parts of the market that may currently be out of favor.”
From Barron's
Byrne’s well-earned accolades allow “Tow” to fare better than it otherwise would have, while also causing “Tow” to horseshoe back to its starting point as an overall puzzling career choice.
From Salon
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