Example Sentences

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His policy back flips in the past year have been baffling.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Aspects of the business model have been baffling, including that of Nigeria’s four previously existing oil refineries.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

Tyronn Lue’s Clippers have been baffling because they’ve been plagued by inconsistent play despite having such a talented group led by stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

It's that increasingly we're seeing completely legal compilations of brand new music offered for close to free and on a scale that would have been baffling even a few years ago.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2010

I was standing near the Louvre, watching and waiting, with hell itself in my heart, for those devils who have been baffling me for such a length of time.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm