were perplexing
- past progressive of perplex.
Example Sentences
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A year and a half ago, his wife gave him a DNA test kit, and the results were perplexing.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2020
Still, the collection’s initial sales figures were perplexing.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019
Some of the space-saving decisions, such as easy-to-reach reading lights attached to the bed’s headboard, were helpful, but many were perplexing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2016
Such criticisms were perplexing to a man who regularly jumps from field to field.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2011
While these things were perplexing Washington's cabinet, the dissentions in that cabinet were more perplexing to the president.
From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John
