perplex
Example Sentences
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And while every film doesn’t need to be an intensely demanding challenge, it’s perplexing that someone with such a compelling on-screen presence has trouble translating that force to her first outing as a director.
From Salon
Even Mr. Kuitenbrouwer is sometimes disarmingly perplexed by his reverence for all things related to maple syrup.
When she and her family inevitably left town and didn’t stumble upon Charlie Brown and his motley crew, she was perplexed.
From Los Angeles Times
The December slump has perplexed investors, given that the final month of the year is historically one of the strongest in terms of stock performance, with an average gain of around 1.4%.
From Barron's
Now, facing irrelevance and the perplexing 1960s, she falters.
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