perplexing

Example Sentences

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It’s both perplexing and extremely telling that “Hamnet” doesn’t let the viewer see the world through Hamnet’s eyes until the boy is near death, cast into a world between ours and the next one.

From Salon

It was perplexing: Five hundred people had reportedly attended an earlier stop in Fayetteville, Ark. “Is it spring break?” someone asked.

From Washington Post

A Ph.D. student solved a 2,500-year-old linguistic puzzle, decoding a perplexing “metarule”—what option to choose when multiple Sanskrit grammar rules are in conflict—written by an ancient Indian scholar.

From Scientific American

It provides a place to rest, admire a perplexing painting, ogle the crowd or check DMs.

From Los Angeles Times

A metal sphere that washed up on a beach in Japan, perplexing locals and setting off widespread speculation, has been removed, according to local media.

From BBC