flummoxed
Example Sentences
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I don’t know this vaper well, and was flummoxed as to how to handle the situation.
From Washington Post
The technical questions Tuesday sometimes flummoxed the justices, all of whom are at least 50 years old, and grew up in a pre-internet world.
From Washington Times
Sigmund Freud famously confessed that he had spent most of his career flummoxed by that question.
From New York Times
The rest of the job belongs to Ovechkin, whose shot will be studied by hockey historians for decades for how it has flummoxed opposing defenses and the 167 different goaltenders he has scored on.
From Seattle Times
"The specter of 'Russian bots' wreaking havoc across the web has become a byword of liberal anxiety and a go-to explanation for Democrats flummoxed by Trump's unlikely victory."
From Salon
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