Example Sentences

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But the decision to allow Parias to leave the scene, while still handcuffed, befuddles her.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

He has constructed a glossy fever dream that bewitches as much as it befuddles.

From Salon • May 20, 2022

“Something better” is a mind-set that befuddles many first-time buyers.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022

The chief concern is whether hostile countries are fielding aerial technology so advanced and weird that it befuddles and threatens the world’s largest military power.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2021

Grape-growers are not in the fog that befuddles growers of tree-fruits in regard to tillage.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.