flummoxed
Example Sentences
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He’s further flummoxed when he’s taken, along with other reluctant Japanese-Americans, on a journey to a country where they’ve never lived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
The U.S. economy is expected to grow by 1.8% this year, notwithstanding policy shifts that have flummoxed economists and business leaders.
From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025
"I was flummoxed, then fuming about it. They seemed to dismiss the fact that the plane turned around," she said.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
There’s a look in his eye like a hungry mutt staring at a butcher shop window: pathetic and moony and flummoxed by how to get what he wants.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
The attention flummoxed state officials, who were still struggling to cast North Carolina as “different” from the Deep South.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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