am puzzling
- present progressive of puzzle (1st person singular).
Example Sentences
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For instance, if I am puzzling over anything they will explain it quite clearly, but afterwards I always forget the explanation and am no wiser than I was before.
From Love Eternal by Haggard, Henry Rider
There is nothing that bothers me so much as to have people try to teach me things when I am puzzling them out for myself.
From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard
I think I know where I am puzzling you now——” “Then for Heaven’s sake be merciful,” he exclaimed.
From Anna the Adventuress by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
I am an idiot," he concluded; "I am fighting with the air; I am puzzling myself with words, about habits of which I have no knowledge.
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
I am puzzling my poor head for a name to give this young lady here.
From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.
