baffled
Frequently Asked Questions
- I’m completely baffled. Why would anyone have done this?
- His explanation left us all baffled.
- Baffled investigators have been unable to identify a single suspect.
Example Sentences
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MarketWatch’s Jeffry Bartash, Jillian Berman and Greg Robb examine how a labor market with relatively few layoffs but little hiring has left job seekers struggling and economists baffled.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
“I’m a little baffled because I signed my kid up for soccer,” she tells the officers, “so they are literally kicking him out of this place because he’s good at soccer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
You don’t need me to tell you that the money top voices get for talking about football—the thing you do every weekend, for free, on the couch, to the baffled dog—is absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
I am regularly baffled by teams' tyre strategies, but Ferrari's in Singapore was the worst in recent years.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
She remains baffled by the way their clients crave the communication, the reassurance.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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