perplexes
- present tense form of perplex (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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While earnest thou gazest, Comes boding of terror, Comes phantasm and error, Perplexes the bravest With doubt and misgiving.
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas
Of this, the lordliest mental exhibition, there is a sovereign example in the words wherewith Milton concludes the passage— “and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.”
From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)
