flummoxed
Example Sentences
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The causes of endometriosis have left our best doctors and scientists totally flummoxed: no-one in the world knows definitively how and when it begins in a woman's body.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
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
In 2018, then-Bears defense coordinator Vic Fangio and his players flummoxed the Rams and sent them to a 15-6 defeat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026
It’s a question that completely flummoxed Michael Glasheen, the FBI’s branch and operations director, last week when he was testifying before the House Committee on Homeland Security.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025
She shrieked while the man struggled with the demon for possession of his walking stick, obviously flummoxed by the situation.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
