be perplexed
Example Sentences
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Presidential scholars of the future will also be perplexed by the ordering of these photos.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
You may be perplexed, disturbed, exhilarated or all of the above.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2020
Nevertheless, neither should you be perplexed by a gnawing desire for a second season you may harbor.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2019
No one at the palace gives a second thought to the striking workers they just undermined as they continue to be perplexed by the strange forces that are wreaking havoc on the economy.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2018
Those who will resort to “ancient evidence exclusively” for the recension of the text may well be perplexed in dealing with this passage.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
