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
As Eleni Ravanis, a student collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa explained in the news release about the rock, a future Mars geologist would be perplexed by the rock's placement.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2022
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
If we had more money it would be easier to be amiable and sweet, for then I should not be perplexed.
From 'Our Guy' or, The elder brother by Boyd, E. E., Mrs.
