perplexing

Example Sentences

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I find it perplexing that people talk about the apocalypse as if it’s happening later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

The Supreme Court handed down a perplexing 5–4 decision on Thursday in Hamm v.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

And even though the shoe won’t be available to the public until later this month, it’s already perplexing the few people who have seen it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 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

I had not yet learned anything that would have helped me to thread my way through these perplexing racial relations.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright