be perplexed
Example Sentences
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Beauty is nice, elegance has its place, but sometimes I go to museums to be perplexed: to agree and disagree, to argue and reassess, to leave even less certain than I was before.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
As Eleni Ravanis, a student collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa explained in the news release about the rock, a future Mars geologist would be perplexed by the rock's placement.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
Presidential scholars of the future will also be perplexed by the ordering of these photos.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
Many of those new participants may be perplexed, for example, as to why they would be allowed to choose a new governor if they voted to keep the incumbent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
Why, then, should Deerfoot be perplexed over the matter, when even the mother of Jack expressed no fear concerning him?
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
