Example Sentences

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Baffles stabilize water levels by creating a hidden exit for high water to escape through the dam, unnoticed by the beavers.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021

Baffles and other improvements, says Ordahl, have boosted combustion efficiency to 90% in some U.T.C. hybrids.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am the presence that ever Baffles your touch's endeavor,— Gone like the glimmer of dust    Dispersed by a gust.

From Dreams and Days: Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons

Once again the clear voice of Perpetua floated into the air: “Arising, falling, The sword of sharpness, Weapon of Godhead, Baffles the Devil.”

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Far to the leeward, faintly drawn against A dim perspective of perpetual storms, A frowning line of black basaltic cliffs Baffles the savage onset of the surf.

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various