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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A fan from Paris though was baffled by the order to leave the stands.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Rex Heuermann to serve three consecutive life sentences in a long-unsolved case that baffled prosecutors for years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
Her father, a gastroenterologist named Kenneth Rodgers, was baffled.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
“There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill,” wrote Golding, “and there was the world of longing and baffled common sense.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
If this girl has so fully misunderstood or been so wholly baffled by the strange little scene that has unfolded before her, how might it affect the lives of the two adults?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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