baffle
verb (used with object)
to confuse, bewilder, or perplex.
are baffling
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present progressiveof baffle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Chris Walton, former chairman of the Milwaukee County Democrats in Wisconsin, said the poll findings are baffling given, among other things, how Black unemployment has sunk from 9.2% to 5.8% and inflation has cooled off.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Crypto price moves are baffling at the best of time, let alone when the market’s entering uncharted waters, upping the risk level for traders pondering buying the dip.
From Reuters ● May 10, 2022
A new cook comes in for a few weeks and the results are baffling and thrilling, leaving Fisher in “a kind of anguish of delight.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
Price, a former heavyweight himself, says Wilder's excuses are baffling, but said he did not think he was trying to play mind games.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2021
"It's the nights that are baffling," Mrs. Wells declared.
From The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
