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Sentence Examples I felt baffled by the logic of these security measures, and explained that it had rejected my British bank card. Viewers baffled by these moments, not to mention the orotund tones and rolled R's of theatrical elocution, will probably welcome the subtitles. Dozens of early explorers met their deaths down there, baffled by the mazy, alien geography, plagued by hunger, thirst and insolent kangaroos. When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled as to where they've gone. Medical teams are baffled by the youngster's condition which means he has to be fed milk through a tube. Jeremy starts talking to one of his friends and I am once again baffled into speechlessness. In some kind of internal holding pattern with my bearings lost, deadly shy and baffled. We are baffled before the mystery of life, the powers of nature, the power of sin, and the fact of death. I've been a frosh leader for the last two years, and I am constantly baffled by how awesome my fellow leaders are. Solicitors recognise that many buyers are baffled by a lack of clear and comprehensive information and guides to talk them through the procedure. Mervyn King is the wise old brock to whom the otters and accident-prone Mole turn when baffled. Kelly is baffled by his interview, but once the piece goes out he realises he has been set up. The agony goes on for the parents of the tragic four-year-old as doctors remain baffled as to how he died. Fire officers are baffled as to the cause of the blaze, but believe the fire may have started either in the sitting room or an upstairs bedroom. Wanting the approval and affection of her teacher, she is baffled by his alternately affectionate and rebarbative behaviour. In a crime which has baffled police, his wife opened the door to a man with an envelope who asked for her husband by name. For centuries, the meaning of the mysterious and mystical Egyptian hieroglyphs baffled the greatest minds in the world. Even the most open-minded and forward thinking of us will be unamused, baffled by its popularity. We've also had concerned correspondents in France baffled over the identity of our mystery poet. This triggered an undisciplined period by Hertford who were baffled and incensed by the referee's decisions. Show More Sentences Farmers are baffled about how to remedy natural animal behaviour and say the tax could make farming uneconomical. I was really hypercritical and baffled about not knowing that to do with the I way I sounded. She's seen innumerable specialists, all of whom have been baffled as to what could be wrong with her and then passing her on to someone else. We don't want to miss the start, so we head to the gig, bags and all, leaving the baffled hotel staff in the dust. Early in his marriage, Philip found palace life inexplicable and was baffled by the way he was frozen out of many activities. Scientists were baffled by the DNA in so-called yeti hair discovered by a British expedition in Bhutan two years ago. She's as baffled as I am that restorative justice, as a concept, is so widely ignored or pooh-poohed. He looked so baffled and afraid that she knew immediately that he was used to dealing with fledglings and revenants. When parvovirus appeared in the late 1970s Max said vets were initially baffled. Her sweet tone was drenched in sarcasm, and although thoroughly baffled, she sensed a definite history between the two. When the prized Lipizzaner horse went lame with arthritis, vets were baffled. And then there's an opportunistic foreign policy that equates despots with democrats and which has baffled the most seasoned of diplomats. Information from the Galileo space probe about Jupiter's atmosphere has left theorists baffled. As a matter of fact, he was completely baffled on how to rout a person that wields luck. Despite an investigation lasting more than three months police seem still to be baffled by the removal of 500 lorry-loads of sand from the beach. The research solves an astrophysical puzzle that has baffled scientists for over 120 years since the spicules were first discovered. His behavior baffled Estelle her but she did not comment as they rode silently homewards. Even the poor postman was baffled when he came to collect the post only to discover that the postbox had apparently disappeared into thin air. One telephone operator and one policeman greeted me with baffled, incredulous looks. Police baffled by the murder of a North Yorkshire man have turned to national TV in the hope of tracking down the killer. Show More Sentences But I think there are people that are kinda baffled when you go from a polka to a heavy metal jam. It was an amazing turnabout that must have left Tramore baffled and bewildered as to how they left this game behind them. Miss Woodhouse said she had been left distraught by the cold-blooded murder, which has baffled police. These are great examples of modern slang dreamed up in the playground as a new means of confusing already baffled parents. Many critics doubted the wisdom in signing the Celtic player at all, but they were totally baffled at the decision to hose him with money. You get the distinct impression that the cops are as baffled by the intractability of it all as everyone else. He made sure it would be a draw last Sunday when he baffled everyone by not giving a blatant free to Cork in the last minute. The murder has baffled police, who still have no motive and no suspect for the shooting. Now I know that everyone else is as baffled as me, the need for an explanation seems less pressing. A Basingstoke man was baffled when he found a 100-year-old set of local election results in copperplate pencil handwriting on his wall. Sure enough, Dorcia's fingers sported the infamous prints that had baffled so many. For the reflected field between the barriers, a barrier is assumed to act as a baffled sound source. The sound is just so much different, I get a baffled sound while he gets tons of bass. The exhaust outlet of the unit is connected to a baffled sound chamber within which a plurality of sound absorbing elements are positioned. One variation of the baffled sound suppressor is known as the coaxial suppressor. Phenomena like sleepwalking and dream deprivation have baffled scientists for years. The sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs has baffled scientists for many years. Back in the day, those comfortable with his modern classical accomplishments were baffled by his acetates of loopy leftfield disco. Then there is a baffled son, emotionally involved with an overambitious undertaker. His most ambitious music was abominated by conservative critics and also baffled concert audiences. Show More Sentences At which point you might be baffled by the laughable insensitivity, or unsettled and disgusted by this appropriation. Still other critics are baffled that Borges was influenced by such strange and disparate sources. Putin said in late April that he was baffled that the Americans were targeting the Russian oligarchs. We were baffled by a waterfowl just like this one back in September. The first-half switching of Howarth and Tommy Hayes, with each taking a turn at stand-off, also baffled the Welshmen and led directly to the opening try. The movie is still impressive, even if contemporary viewers may be baffled by the abrupt shifts between styles, time periods and storylines. Both players sacrificed their queens early, but Kasparov deliberated over a simple sacrifice exchange later in the match, which baffled analysts. His actress wife, known respectfully as Her Ladyship, is kind but baffled. When the credits started rolling I actually felt baffled for a moment, wondering if somehow I'd accidentally hit the fast forward button at some point during the film. He is equally non-judgmental about her baffled husband and the struck-off doctor who rescues her from one suicide bid and argues her out of another. Those without a clue about the basis for the movie will simply be baffled as to why it was made, and why the story had to be told in such a scattershot fashion. They will be totally baffled and will need a lawyer to know what it means. The engines are humming my lullaby and their baffled sound comforts me. They are offered without the baffle but I prefer the baffled sound. She is baffled, for instance, by the fact that most humans seem to ignore the imminence of death and the strange beauty of life. I'm innocently baffled by the apparent absence of furious debate and thundering editorials on the subject of spycams at 400-yard intervals all over England. Apparently scientists are baffled by the endurance of one man who has the rare talent of staring at the sun for hours at a time without injuring his eyes. Forestry officials were baffled yesterday by reports that an employee battered his wife to death and killed himself over fears they would lose their tied cottage. It is just one of those things that have baffled people for sempiternity. Now baffled, she walked back towards the table and sat, resuming her mending without another word to him. Show More Sentences His mean face slowly resolved into a baffled, respectful expression, like that of a weasel facing a trap. I continue to be baffled by the fact that the US networks keep taking absolutely brilliant television programming from BBC America and turning it into slop. Government eavesdroppers at Yorkshire's own GCHQ listening station were baffled when they began picking up high-pitched squeaks from the base's forest of aerial masts. Awestruck by its glittering new friends in business, but baffled by the complexities of the scheme it supports, it has been consistently outwitted and outmanoeuvred. He was perplexed by her question and it more than a little baffled him. Investigators seemed baffled by the theft, as guards patrol the premises at night and there is tight security inside, including infrared systems and cameras. She is then baffled because he is confused by other Big Words. For no apparent reason, the Dublin girl gradually lost her speech, power and co-ordination in front of her baffled and heartbroken family over the next 18 months. In a week or three, I'll look back on what I've been writing recently and I'll either cringe with embarrassment or just be totally baffled by what was going on in my head. Bagri predicts that baffled investors and dealers will stop trading. People who have no general knowledge desperately want to appear on TV quiz shows where they can be baffled by the simplest questions in front of millions of people. They were baffled when I refused to change quoted words to make them more suspenseful, euphonious or, with the puritanism of Americans, less coarse. Dolan said he was baffled by referee Mike Jones' failure to penalise Exeter for delaying tactics at restarts and throw-ins. And I remain baffled as to why we fail to respond with vigor and enthusiasm to the challenges that confront us in this society. I was baffled by many of the scientific terms used in the article. Wash and rinse reservoirs are internally baffled and spargers are included to improve the self cleaning capabilities of the system. It turned up in the records of the Mammalogy Department and baffled staff until they were able to decipher the handwritten note on the back. Nearly two thirds of survey respondents were baffled by terms such as macrobiotic, sustainable and genetically modified. It has baffled many builders and remediators with its ability to reoccur just weeks after it has been scraped or sprayed away. Quieter parents, who prefer a less stimulating lifestyle, may be baffled and challenged by these same outgoing kids. Show More Sentences The police were baffled by the exploits of a cat burglar who only stole from the upper floors of high-rise apartments. These things so ensorceled me and baffled my wits that I prayed mightily, Give me Minty. Servis, a general contractor, was baffled by how introverted Stone acted. Live football ITV4, 6pm THE concept of town twinning has always baffled me, writes James Milton. Our girl arrived eventually, looking momentarily baffled at her spiritual welcome before tiredly succumbing to mum and dad's hugs. A letterbox bizarrely located in a very hard to reach location is proving a mystery which has got even mind-reader Uri Geller baffled. The baffled and starving French invasion forces retreated after six months. Her baffled dad asked around and, admittedly a tad desperately, I came up with the theory that greyhound was a corruption of gazehound. According to a report in The Sun, the walking catfish, which was still alive, was discovered by baffled angler Birol Koca. We sing this to our baffled clients who can't believe that a fallen arch can cause a back spasm. Then as now, Americans were baffled by wars that their overclass had so thoughtfully provided them. Yeltsin slurred his words in a loud argument with the baffled agents. Having had a few days, however, to digest Tesco's Big Price Drop, I'm feeling underwhelmed and a bit baffled. The baffled box construction also ensures that you don't end up with a clumpy comforter. Walkers have been left baffled by the quivering, translucent mass, nicknamed Star Jelly because it reputedly fell to Earth from meteors. I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions. I am particularly baffled by those who wait to buy their seeds until they are ready to plant them, then have to get them at a store instead of from a seedhouse. We were witlings, untraveled in words, and like the ignorant everywhere, located the fault in what baffled us rather than in the puny scope of our own learning. In case you didn't get the memo and were baffled by the sarcasm implied in my hilarious air quotes, there has been a semantic shift in the modern usage of the word exclusive. But while some hardcore fans of the singer have been left baffled by his move to panto, he says it is something he has been wanting to do for years. Examples from Classical Literature The friendliest were baffled by her incomprehensible lack of social instinct, the fruit of India's purdah system. It is therefore not surprising that every one hitherto has been baffled in drawing up general rules on the subject of prepotency. Because salina had baffled him, and Toby had escaped, his inferiors had to suffer. His loss had the bitterness of defeat, with the anguish of a baffled passion. Hundreds of times he had been baffled by the hedge round that disharmonic nature. Would they effect a lodgement, or be hurled back baffled and raging and impotent, as, alas! The surgeon was in constant attendance, but the malady baffled all his skill. And he leaned his head in a baffled, tired way against the planking of the mill. The baffled frost, denied entrance, blew its angry, congealing breath inch-thick upon the blurred window panes. But in endeavouring to trace the nature of the connexion we are baffled and disappointed. The cryptograph used throughout the war was perfected by him, and baffled all attempts of the enemy to translate it. But the angler is baffled at the outset by the presence of a steep slope behind him. Tories and Peers especially were enraged, and regarded themselves as baffled. Gummidge and I were fairly good at woodcraft, but the marks in the grass baffled us. It means the same as baffled, only I didnt know whether baffled has two fs in it or not. Cleveland, baffled and frustrate, straightened up and shut off his cameras. The shallowness and simplicity of the girl baffled her continually. The soaker baffled the king by sipping, never taking a full draught. My mother did all she could for her, but was much baffled by her reserve and shrinking. Even his quick wit had often been baffled by the almost superhuman adroitness of this past grandmaster of his art. Show More Sentences There was nothing for the baffled village sport to do but retreat as gracefully as he could. Not only baffled in his search, but lost, like an overfed gorgio, on the moor. The Demon, baffled and furious, is left gazing upon the corpse of tamara. However, with so many venues on offer, couples can often be baffled when trying to decide on the perfect wedding venue. The unvaried grin baffled him, and presently he glanced elsewhere. Drugger Davis was one of the most terrible and depraved criminals that ever baffled our police. He turned slowly back with baffled anger and vindictiveness. But at this point, an expanse of outcropping rock baffled them completely. Their anxious and eager looks were baffled by the deceptive light, or rested only on naked rocks, and straight and immovable trees. Every man retired from the spoon, as Clennam did, cowed and baffled. I have baffled them now for nearly a year, and I can baffle them still. If the nation was determined it would not be baffled by the Peers. She leaned back in her chair, and surveyed the baffled man amusedly. Bartlett sat there for one moment the picture of baffled rage. The Chinese have bamboozled and baffled us, that is the plain truth. I have likened it to a sentinel, but its slow wheel, for a moment, was rather the prowl of a baffled beast. In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension. Men of the hills have been quite baffled by cio and other union cards. The little man seemed rather baffled by these several repulses, and a short consultation took place between him and the two plump gentlemen. A drop of rain on her cheek recalled her thoughts from baffled hopes to ruined ribbons. Show More Sentences And he left shop staff baffled by doing an impression of the famously bandy-legged screen cowboy. It would be impossible to describe the expression of hate and baffled malignity, of anger and hellish rage, which came over the Count's face. At about four o'clock, when we returned to the ritz, Coralie was baffled. Ravana, baffled and mortified, is compelled to relinquish his design. Lecount could not fail to see that she had been thus far met and baffled successfully at every point. And I know that they came up out of the lazarette, the three of them, dripping with perspiration and baffled. Many people came up and spoke to her, at first with a certain expectation of knowingness in her, which her simplicity baffled. Other times I would rage up and down, all my soul baffled and aching with incompletion. Those of sounder judgment cast about for a motive for this deed, but they also were baffled. Though our foe cannot be slain, he can, like the genii of Eastern story, be baffled. They remained about the camp all night, but at daylight returned, baffled and crestfallen, to their homes, with nothing but smoke for their pains. Jane tried to make Erskine describe his walk with Gertrude, but he baffled her curiosity by omitting from his account everything except its commonplaces. Whatever can have induced that transcendent woman to marry that effigy and figure-head of a baronet is one of the most impenetrable mysteries that ever baffled human inquiry. Lecount baffled the look by putting her handkerchief to her eyes. When Legree returned, baffled and disappointed, all the long-working hatred of his soul towards his slave began to gather in a deadly and desperate form. But the thing that baffled them all was her instant consciousness of the presence of carnivora that others, exerting their faculties to the utmost, could neither see nor hear. The savages below, thus baffled, ran together from their huddle of huts and followed the travellers with their vain imprecations while they remained in sight. The company says it is baffled by the suit, has no current plans to release any material about the Emmy Award-winning actor and vows to fight back. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of baffled? Words that rhyme with baffled What is the adverb for baffled? What is the adjective for baffled? What is the noun for baffled? Translations for baffled Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words baffle Baffin baffies baff Baez baer Baffled bafflegab bafflement baffler baffles baffling 7-letter Words Starting With b ba baf baff baffl baffle