How to Use perplexing in a Sentence

perplexing

adjective

• And that fact has been one of the most perplexing aspects of the disease.
  — cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
• Otherwise, the choice to have Levine strip and sing songs no one has cared about for 15 years was perplexing.
  — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
• What may be most perplexing for Texas is the offense that now seems stuck in second gear.
  — Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
• The first, and most perplexing, is the rate at which the universe expands, a value known as the Hubble constant.
  — Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2023
• Olsen wore a pair of flowy, ankle-length trousers that revealed her perplexing shoe choice: a pair of black flip flops.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2023
• On Saturday, a somewhat perplexing choice to reprise a full third of the songs was a harder sell.
  — Benjamin Stas, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2022
• Then the most perplexing thing in my short writing life happened.
  — The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
• Fluffy, fruity, and the color of bubblegum, this salad is known by many, enjoyed by some, and perplexing to all.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
• But there are still some perplexing mysteries around how these plants came to be.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2020
• None of those riptides are stronger—or more perplexing—than the combo of a go-go job market and soaring prices.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022
• The singer, who was born in France and is based in London, has a rare, almost perplexing, sonic command.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2023
• Still, the reasons for the recent lull are somewhat perplexing.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
• One of the most perplexing questions the documentary grapples with is whether the U.S. could and should have done more to help victims of the Holocaust.
  — Jeanne Dorin McDowell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2022
• Dark matter is, if such a thing exists, maybe even more perplexing to scientists than the Big Bang.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2022
• Made to withstand the harsh climate of the desert and thrive in it, the dead and decaying desert plants throughout the Sonoran landscape may be perplexing to those who see it.
  — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
• This year’s Stars under DeBoer have tried to possess the puck more and have trailed for just 12:14 all season, which makes the issue a bit more perplexing.
  — Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
• There's no word yet on what spurred the perplexing video, but in earlier posts from Fisher, the two posed with cereal.
  — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022
• The many strands of the perplexing plot were resolved either by ‘Fate,’ the fulfillment of a gypsy’s curse or a thunderstorm.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
• There are perplexing plans and plot developments that could arguably rise to the level of plot holes.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• Which is why her new novel, Second Place, is so perplexing.
  — Claire Jarvis, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
• The name change could help to resolve a perplexing history for the HBO brand that viewers have grappled with in recent years.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2022
• The Hoosiers committed 19 turnovers that led directly, per the box score, to 27 points, the stat perhaps most perplexing for Woodson postgame.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024
• The past can answer one of today’s most perplexing problems.
  — WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
• His approach was equally perplexing in this World Cup, a tournament that seemed much too big for him.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Changing-look quasars dim and brighten on the order of months, which is a perplexing time line, given the massive scales involved.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
• The list of options for Twisters in the New York City area is comically long and utterly perplexing.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 25 July 2024
• The Dolphins have spent three years of a perplexing rebuild getting to an important game again.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2022
• The decision to fire Lockhart was a perplexing one in the first place, for multiple reasons.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
• The finding is perplexing—how can matter behave as a wave, and why would recording photons change their behavior?
  — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
• Still, there’s no sign of manufacturing beginning any kind of recovery just yet, which has been perplexing.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024