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.
"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
Wittgenstein demanded that whenever we find ourselves puzzling over the meaning of such terms, we should ask, “is the word ever actually used in this way in the language in which it is at home?”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
