mystify

We release millions of pounds of carcinogens into our air, water and food and act mystified when people start getting sick.

A former Capitol policeman well-versed in his agency’s procedures was mystified by the scene he watched unfold on live television.

Law enforcement experts said they were mystified by the tactics that police used once the mob was already inside the Capitol.

Indeed the fact that Mnuchin and Pelosi had continued negotiating as long as they did had mystified much of Washington.

The state agency thinks she’s still on payroll, which mystifies her.

He does things that mystify her, too, which I think is true of all relationships.

How does suicide in the ranks continue to mystify the much-vaunted and ever-powerful U.S. military?

The result was to deepen and mystify a simple political remark.

It can only mislead and mystify and the greater part of the literature is a mere jumble of inaccurate and mystifying statements.

By-and-by, having had his glass––and still with the puzzle of myself to mystify his poor wits––Tom Bull departed.

"The more we mystify them, the more they will fear us," said the doctor.

Nothing, indeed, has tended to deceive and mystify the public mind more than the arbitrary conjunction of names.

He sat down and wrote one of those short, clear-cut articles which served to amuse and mystify the public.