perplex
verb (used with object)
to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally.
perplexes
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present tense formof perplex (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She perplexes the heart, in part because she's more than simply a Don Juan figure.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022
“It’s one of the questions that perplexes me.”
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2022
As for the current disparity in white NFL coaches compared to minorities, it still perplexes Holcomb.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Yet even there, the ethnic aisle persists, and its composition often perplexes her.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
Nothing in public affairs so perplexes and annoys me as these absurd party names, and I never could be interested in them.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett
