be perplexed
Example Sentences
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Beauty is nice, elegance has its place, but sometimes I go to museums to be perplexed: to agree and disagree, to argue and reassess, to leave even less certain than I was before.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
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
But to this I shall answer that a year wouldn't be a tenth part enough and that besides, as things stand, I should be perplexed where to spend it.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
