flummoxed
Informal. utterly bewildered, confused, or puzzled:When I walk into a store to buy video equipment and see the multitude of options, I’m befuddled and flummoxed.
the simple past tense and past participle of flummox.
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How to use flummoxed in a sentence
Only eight safeties have been better at flummoxing passers in 2020.
The most important NFL game this week pits Tom Brady against Kirk Cousins | Neil Greenberg | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostNotta Realname reported being “flummoxed” but welcomed the birders into their backyard anyway and then became frustrated when the unexpected guests displayed “questionable” ethics.
The company announced today that its AlphaFold system has officially solved a protein folding grand challenge that has flummoxed the scientific community for 50 years.
Alphabet’s DeepMind achieves historic new milestone in AI-based protein structure prediction | Darrell Etherington | November 30, 2020 | TechCrunchToday, three decades after the receptor discovery, the mechanisms of odor perception continue to flummox researchers.
Our Mind-Boggling Sense of Smell - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain | Ann-Sophie Barwich | October 14, 2020 | NautilusBecause of the Heat’s versatility — they flummoxed Boston with a shifting zone defense — and because they’re the best conditioned team in the league, they can adapt to whatever offense comes their way.
Today, researchers are flummoxed as to the whereabouts of this gargantuan cultural artifact.
The finest minds in the Western intelligence community were flummoxed.
The British Punk Band That Fooled Reagan, Thatcher And The CIA | Nico Hines | January 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut when Jake Tapper of CNN pointed out that Democrats controlled Congress then, Carney seemed flummoxed.
‘Imagine the Story on Fox’–Jay Carney Holds On as Winds Buffet White House | Eleanor Clift | May 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut some of his views have left the highly influential rigid social conservative wing of the party flummoxed and wary.
Gore stood up to challenge Bush in this 2000 debate, but got flummoxed and deflated by a simple nod.
Presidential Debate Wins and Fails: Reagan, Gore, Bush & More (VIDEO) | The Daily Beast | October 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut when you arst 'im what ought to be done--'e's flummoxed.'
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | Robert TressellOnly lately I was flummoxed by a gent asking for a liqueur I'd never 'eard of.
The King of Schnorrers | Israel ZangwillI am all too flummoxed by the masquerade in the tourney round about me.
Fantasia of the Unconscious | D. H. Lawrence
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