puzzling

Example Sentences

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The fact that Ammonite has a completely different orbit from the other sednoids has left astronomers puzzling over the diversity and strangeness of the outer Solar System.

From Space Scoop

Once a viewer is indoctrinated, however, they may find it difficult to refrain from puzzling over its message.

From Salon

It’s a puzzling and irritating gesture that in context sounds like a mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We can therefore explain why some viscous magmas flow out gently instead of exploding, despite their high gas content -- a riddle that's been puzzling us for a long time," says Bachmann.

From Science Daily

That’s certainly how the characters feel in the early episodes, quietly assenting to the fate suggested in their bad marriages, puzzling children and unfulfilling jobs.

From New York Times