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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Baffled real-estate agents kept showing him acreage with mansions and landing strips, “and I said, ‘You got me all wrong,’ ” Bamberger told NPR.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Baffled and frightened, Audrey’s parents took her from hospital to hospital.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025
Baffled by the “lines of light floating in mid-air”, Scottish photographer David Gilliver knew he had to try capturing them with his camera.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024
Baffled by the daylight, the chocolate-colored nocturnal bird shook its pencil-like beak from side to side.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Baffled because I did not know what to do; bewildered because I could not understand why he would not let me use the tractor.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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