perplexing

Example Sentences

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When DI Glyn Walsh returns unexpectedly early from bereavement leave, he and DS Sion Dearden work together to solve the perplexing murder of an esteemed university professor.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“The Bride!” is surprising and strange, perplexing and aggravating.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

However, it has been “a little perplexing why stocks have sold off the way they have” for the most recent round of IPOs, he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Now, facing irrelevance and the perplexing 1960s, she falters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

I’ve never experienced anything this perplexing before, and I can’t even be vulnerable with the one person who could help me navigate it?

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone