mystify
verb (used with object)
to perplex, puzzle, or baffle; defy the understanding of.
were mystifying
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past progressiveof mystify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Politics and economics have always been intertwined, often in ways that were mystifying in real time.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Those French lyrics from Megadeth that appeared like a final farewell on Aliaga’s Facebook page — “Á tout le monde/Á tout mes amis/Je vous aime/Je dois partir” — were mystifying and “incredibly surreal,” Sydnor said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
Such mundane acts as choosing food at the elementary school cafeteria were mystifying to Wen, who had no money anyway, so she hid in a bathroom.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2021
The results were mystifying, given her classic onset of symptoms and proximity for weeks to her infected husband.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2020
Porthos fancied they were mystifying him, and began to curl his mustache and knit his eyebrows; but the knee of Mme.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
