had puzzled
- past perfect of puzzle.
Example Sentences
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"The peculiar preservation of Tridentinosaurus had puzzled experts for decades. Now, it all makes sense. What it was described as carbonized skin, is just paint."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Bull has seen people work through dreams that had puzzled them in the container of the labyrinth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
Those families had puzzled over the suddenness of their older but otherwise healthy and active loved ones’ deaths, and in many cases, filed police reports when jewelry was found missing after their deaths.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
But the conclusion about Harding’s racial ancestry likewise addresses a mystery that had puzzled historians for many years and provides a seemingly definitive resolution of a subplot that played out during his lifetime.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2015
Finn and Emma had puzzled looks on their faces, too.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
