- present participle of baffle.
baffling
Example Sentences
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Chutzpah, however, is sometimes all it takes to get this kind of baffling, brazen and potentially exploitative deal across the finish line.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
But as a casual observer of college football, ESPN’s offer to Cruz initially struck me as a baffling spectacle.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
She said the authority found the shift towards more fly-tipping "baffling" and said they were struggling to "figure out how to talk to people" about the issue.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“It’s my very own Stanford Prison Experiment!” she exclaims, in a typically baffling attempt at lighthearted dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Worry rises on her face as she realizes for the first time that her calls were not only alarming to me, but utterly baffling as well.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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