Example Sentences

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The disconnect between slackening activity and the increasing yield has mystified even oil chieftains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Making this has mystified me for so long, but I recently perfected it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024

The discovery has mystified scientists and alarmed them because the substances are warming the planet.

From Scientific American • Apr. 4, 2023

But the latest surge gives new urgency to a question that has mystified scientists throughout the pandemic: What protects most children from becoming seriously ill?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

This phenomenon, no doubt, has mystified thousands of other “music lovers.”

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston