boggle
verb (used with object)
to overwhelm or bewilder, as with magnitude, complexity, or strangeness.
boggles
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present tense formof boggle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It boggles the mind for most people to try to think their way into the perspective of a person like this, so assured of the invincibility that the shield of their untold wealth affords them.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2025
Lilla boggles at labeling a system as fascist simply because it is a taboo word that one should not mention.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
That’s on top of the 16 gigawatts of deals announced in the last three weeks, with AMD and Nvidia—a scale of computing power that boggles the mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
"That we haven't had elections in all of this time just boggles the mind," says Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
It boggles me trying to think how Julie managed to communicate all this with the Gestapo captain listening.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
