How to Use bamboozle in a Sentence

bamboozle

verb

• But count on the Ducks finding new and bamboozling ways to lose to the top teams in the North.
  — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2019
• We got bamboozled into staying in this shack on the beach that had rats running around at night.
  — Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
• Their unique styles of wing wizardry were once enough to bamboozle the most resolute of defences.
  — SI.com, 19 May 2018
• Roma enlists Levene to pose as a high-rolling client and the two set about bamboozling poor Mr. Lamb — anything to keep him from scotching the deal.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2019
• The Deep State does not want the American people to grasp the extent to which they have been bamboozled by their own government.
  — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 8 July 2019
• The press, bamboozled by the U.S. government, had shown little interest in the case.
  — Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
• The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky.
  — Stephon Alexander, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021
• Jackson and the Ravens completely bamboozled New England’s defense to start the game.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
• But keep in mind, as substantial as those dollars look, no one is being bamboozled here.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
• Wilfried Zaha put his side back in front just before half-time, poking home from close-range after bamboozling the Chelsea back-line.
  — SI.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• Here's hoping that the present under next year's tree is the satisfaction of knowing that, this time around, voters weren't bamboozled.
  — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 20 Dec. 2017
• The youngest generation is bamboozling its elders with terms all their own.
  — Linda Marx, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Some have led to a fair bit of confusion about the identity of the animal in question — perhaps you’ve even been bamboozled by one or two yourself.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2023
• Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2022
• The winger is widely known for his electric feet along the flank, able to bamboozle defenders to no end, as well as his excellent delivery into the box.
  — SI.com, 8 Oct. 2017
• The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2021
• But, as the FDA's focus group already established, soy-milk drinkers aren't being bamboozled.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
• Reflections, the sun dropping low on the horizon, alternating light and dark patches on the road, not to mention heavy rain or snow, all can bamboozle the machines.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 July 2018
• Bauer in particular bamboozled Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• But that doesn’t always work; sometimes T cells still aren’t motivated to attack, even if they haven’t been bamboozled.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 July 2017
• Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines’ contents, these changes might still bamboozle it.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2021
• Maggio, a hero at one end, put in an excellent sliding challenge to break up the counter-attack, but his tackle only served to bamboozle his teammates.
  — SI.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision.
  — cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022
• Kris misses Khloé and thinks she was bamboozled into accepting her daughter’s move to Cleveland.
  — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 16 Oct. 2017
• The first goal of the night was a microcosm of Mbappé’s skillset – exploding down the left side of the pitch before bamboozling his defender with some quick feet before lashing it across goal into the bottom corner in the 15th minute.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
• And yet in an afternoon game in which the Yankees were repeatedly beaten and bamboozled by the elements, Gardner conquered everything — the wind and the Chicago Cubs — with one swing of the bat.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 May 2017
• Food culture these days may fool you into believing that bacon is the star here — our country is breathless for bacon-wrapped anything — but don't be bamboozled.
  — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
• They have been bamboozled into believing that all of the problems in the black community are caused by the shiftless Negroes who would rather flounder in self-pity than pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 23 Apr. 2018
• Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator.
  — Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2022
• Cuadrado was at fault, being too easily bamboozled by Perisic, who drove in a low cross which the unfortunate Andrea Barzagli could only turn into his own net.
  — SI.com, 28 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 13 Aug 2024