Examples of puzzlement in a Sentence
The cause of the accident has been a source of puzzlement.
The explanation only increased their puzzlement.
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There’s puzzlement, and of course all these factors play into a sense of moral injury.
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
But then there are puzzlements: more unexplained goats, a freezing-cold field trip and a preteen office worker.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Foreign Office staffers described an atmosphere of puzzlement abroad and low morale at home.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Dorotea found the other acolytes and asked where her allies were, only to be met with not just silence, but puzzlement.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 22 Dec. 2024
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
But then there are puzzlements: more unexplained goats, a freezing-cold field trip and a preteen office worker.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Foreign Office staffers described an atmosphere of puzzlement abroad and low morale at home.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Dorotea found the other acolytes and asked where her allies were, only to be met with not just silence, but puzzlement.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Puzzlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puzzlement. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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puzzlement
noun
puz·zle·ment
ˈpəz-əl-mənt 
1
: the state of being puzzled
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