Example Sentences

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Perplexities and mysteries were being cleared up, and light was driving the darkness and gloom out of his mind and heart.

From Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians by Young, Egerton Ryerson

Perplexities often occur when the daughter returns from college and finds that this recognition has been but partially accomplished.

From Democracy and Social Ethics by Addams, Jane

Perplexities do throng upon my sight Like scudding fogbanks, to obscure the light; Some new dilemma rises every day, And I can only shut my eyes and pray.'—Anon.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Perplexities like those form a large share of the trials of the foreign ambassador.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

Perplexities, embarrassments and sufferings, would be a matter of course; but no greater and perhaps far less than those Christians endured, who, being scattered abroad from their beloved Jerusalem, went everywhere preaching the word.

From Thoughts on Missions by Dibble, Sheldon