Example Sentences

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And theorists have been puzzling over the mirror images’ strange dark-matter-sculpted specifics for years.

From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2023

I did not have a chance to understand from him why my concern was an issue and have been puzzling about it ever since.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023

College officials locally and nationally have been puzzling over the recent steep enrollment declines, most pronounced among men.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

I have been puzzling over a no less nostalgic quality I notice in my response to these clips that I don’t quite know how to place.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2022

It may have been puzzling to me, but it only took Mom about a second to make up her mind.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman