baffle
Example Sentences
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The normally unruffled social worker was baffled by this.
From Literature
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When he was presented with his compatriots support for ICE, he was baffled.
From Salon
"I'm absolutely baffled by the whole thing - I've still had no contact whatsoever from the Bangladeshi authorities despite them spreading malicious allegations about me for a year-and-a-half now."
From BBC
Last year's attempt was ended in the most extraordinary style by Djokovic who, playing through the pain of a torn hamstring, used his nous to baffle Alcaraz and come through a four-set thriller.
From BBC
That makes it especially baffling to see that “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” isn’t available on a major streaming service.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.