Example Sentences

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How a city that built itself on imagination and self-promotion could miss an opportunity right in front of us — something the world would pay attention to — simply flummoxes me.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2023

Becoming a threat with the deep ball will simply add a new wrinkle to Rising’s skillset, which routinely flummoxes defenses.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2022

That is one of the things that flummoxes many of the critics.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2019

The growing complexity of our financial lives flummoxes plenty of people, too.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2015

"Nobody flummoxes Hold-Your-Nose Billy and gets away with it!"

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman