flummox
verb (used with object)
has flummoxed
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present perfectof flummox (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The decision by the Sussexes to decamp from Montecito to England has flummoxed royal watchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
It is unclear what role, if any, the people may have played in Guthrie’s disappearance, which has flummoxed investigators for almost two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
For years, that phrase has flummoxed governors and legislatures trying to cut their way past decades of underfunding the retirement programs.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Since his 2015 retirement, the board’s prohibition has flummoxed Marcus Hargrett, whose 35-year career as a Cook County sheriff’s correctional officer saw him patrolling the nation’s largest single-site jail and making necessary arrests.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
This “collective crawling” has been repeated at universities across China in recent weeks, a sudden fad among students that has flummoxed and alarmed school officials.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022
