flummox
verb (used with object)
had flummoxed
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past perfectof flummox.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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What had flummoxed Krenn was that the algorithm had only two crystals in its toolbox.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 2, 2021
Beating Rafael Nadal in that final showed Federer could defeat the younger rivals who had flummoxed him during his drought.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2019
The veteran analyst said al-Qaida's loose, decentralised organisational structure had flummoxed the US a decade ago, and that under strategist Abu Musab al-Suri it would become even flatter and looser, impeding traditional counter-terror efforts.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2012
Motivated to prove Drum wrong, Palmer drove the 346-yard par-4 first hole that had flummoxed him for three rounds and two-putted for an easy birdie.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2010
Within minutes of waking, the tangle of problems that had flummoxed Penelope so thoroughly the previous evening had somehow sorted themselves into neat skeins of wool, as it were.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
