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
His struggles are baffling and partially stem from his inability to hit wide-open jumpers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
Their growing numbers are baffling and infuriating Angelenos, who, until recently, considered themselves largely exempt from the buzzing bloodsuckers that make summers miserable in much of the rest of the country.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2021
Ages come and go, empires rise and fall, philosophies flourish and fail, and man seeks him out many inventions, but they stand silent under the bright Egyptian night, as fascinating as they are baffling.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Joseph Fort Newton
