baffle
verb (used with object)
to confuse, bewilder, or perplex.
is baffling
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present progressiveof baffle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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However, the continued selloff is baffling some analysts on Wall Street, who see the disparity as unfounded.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
How Microsoft has managed to avoid disclosing such basic details is baffling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Jackson’s disregard for what the complaint actually says is baffling.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
The low intensity of dialogue and debate is baffling, especially given the early signs of discontent that Norlin carefully plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
But they are inscrutable eyes which seem to have a challenge in their gaze, a sort of "look-me-over-as-long-as-you-like-and-you'll-never-guess-what's-under-the-surface" expression that is baffling and provocative.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson
