baffle
verb (used with object)
to confuse, bewilder, or perplex.
had baffled
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past perfectof baffle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was the culmination of a life-long love of fashion, which had baffled her "no-nonsense engineer" mother, Ms Murty told Vogue India in 2011.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2022
It came on a changeup that had baffled Seattle's hitters for most of the night.
From Fox News ● May 14, 2021
The drug’s widely adopted use for Covid symptoms had baffled some experts well before the F.D.A. approval.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2020
She proved she could triumph on Wimbledon’s grass — a surface that had baffled and frustrated her in the past.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019
It was a problem that had baffled me in my childhood.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
