Example Sentences

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Some missing genes were perplexing to the researchers.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2022

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

There was, indeed, matter for thought in the few words these men had uttered; and the thoughts they suggested were perplexing in the extreme.

From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana