have mystified
- present perfect of mystify.
Example Sentences
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To date, two unexpected characteristics — its shape and how fast it accelerated after passing the Sun — have mystified astronomers.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023
“It’s a ‘how do you get to the moon’ type of project,” Koroshetz said, aimed at also understanding post-viral conditions such as chronic fatigue, or ME/CFS, that have mystified scientists for decades.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2022
Since the Fed adopted that target in 2012, inflation has failed to consistently reach that high for reasons that have mystified the Fed and most economists.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2020
The most dramatic exchange in the Las Vegas debate turned on a phrase that might have mystified any viewers who hadn’t been following the Libertarian primary.
From The New Yorker ● May 26, 2016
I see there is much of what I have said that appears to have mystified you; it is no good puzzling your brain any more about it.
From A Romance of Two Worlds by Corelli, Marie
