boggle
verb (used with object)
to overwhelm or bewilder, as with magnitude, complexity, or strangeness.
boggling
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present participleof boggle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Skip boggling digital noise machines with 50+ whale sounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Brad Gooch, author of recent official Haring biography, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, saw Luna Luna being reconstructed, describing the feat as "mind boggling."
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
The results prepare the ground for a boggling encounter upstairs on the museum’s mezzanine — an astonishingly plain installation of three mirrored walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
Eco-disaster figures are always so mind boggling, it’s easy to block them out as too big a problem for a single individual to consider.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
The mind, already jelled by the advances in modern communication so that further boggling is impossible, twitches.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
