perplexed
Example Sentences
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He is perplexed by a potential state intervention but he empathizes with young people looking to keep their hair longer.
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
There are anomalies in the labor market, which are leaving people like your son feeling perplexed.
From MarketWatch
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