boggle
verb (used with object)
to overwhelm or bewilder, as with magnitude, complexity, or strangeness.
have boggled
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present perfectof boggle.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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“It would have boggled the mids of the Romans,” Johnson said.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2012
My short-trousered, ship-watching self would have boggled at the impossibility.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2010
It would have boggled the minds of the Romans.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2010
All these so-called new fusion dishes speak to an inclusively global attitude that might have boggled the minds of the movement's earliest fans.
From Los Angeles Times
When he heard the voice of one who was known to have boggled hard at the oath a little while before calling loudly and ostentatiously for drink, he only noted him with his peculiar humour.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by John Richard Green
