be perplexed
Example Sentences
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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
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
I long to hear a little of my private affairs; yet I dread it, too, because I know you must be perplexed and distressed.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail
