Example Sentences

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There was bafflement on the faces of members of the Muslim community who arrived at the mosque bearing flowers on Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Here, inside of a tightly symmetrical structure, Giotto places the followers of Jesus speaking in tongues—flames sprout from their heads—while onlookers, separated by a low wall, view the scene with bafflement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The Korean news site put into context its bafflement that the Dodgers have limited Kim to one appearance this entire postseason, as a pinch-runner.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

The general mood in the Labour Party and in government is one of slight bafflement.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

At a probate hearing after the death of George Bigheart, an attorney expressed bafflement at why loans ostensibly from Burt’s bank to the Osage were issued from Burt’s personal checkbook.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann