had been perplexing
- past perfect progressive of perplex.
Example Sentences
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David Gauke, a former Conservative lawmaker who served in the cabinet of then Prime Minister Theresa May, said Mr. Robinson was a marginalized figure, and that the Trump administration’s support of him had been perplexing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
His face, to begin with, had worried her; the faint hint of having seen him somewhere before had been perplexing.
From To Love by Peterson, Margaret
Many things which had been perplexing, disturbing, confusing, now fall into line behind that one comprehensive loyalty.
From Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion by Peabody, Francis Greenwood
All that had been perplexing and strange, all that had been innocently wonderful to herself in the feeling that bound Sydney to her first friend, was a mystery no more.
From The Evil Genius by Collins, Wilkie
"I should say that I did," I returned, glad to ease my mind of what had been perplexing me ever since.
From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
