puzzle out
Example Sentences
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Smoczynska builds a psychological puzzle out of subtle shocks to the system: quick reflexes that reveal Alicja’s muscle memories; gestures of love that don’t quite feel like love itself.
From New York Times
Quite the opposite: Meaning stops being a given and becomes the object of a compelling quest, as it is today when we puzzle out a picture of a soup can.
From New York Times
The past and the present start bleeding together as the Edwins try to puzzle out where everything went wrong with their marriage and with their dreams.
From Los Angeles Times
This might have happened as brain areas worked overtime to puzzle out the meanings based on similarities between the languages.
From Science Magazine
When scientists encounter a fossil, they often try to puzzle out an explanation of how it got there.
From New York Times
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