Example Sentences

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What might motivate Rozier to take part in such as scheme is perplexing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Some works are paradigmatic, some rather generic; the inclusion of others is perplexing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

The decision for the panel to discuss thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that has not been used in most vaccines for decades, is perplexing, Dr Hanage said.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

Newby’s statement is perplexing, given his own experience in 2020, when he trailed on election night before ultimately defeating, by just 401 votes, his opponent, then–Chief Justice Cheri Beasley.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2025

How to keep him safe for these fourteen--nay, it is but twelve days now--is the thing that is perplexing me.

From The Secret Chamber at Chad by Everett-Green, Evelyn