How to Use puzzlement in a Sentence

puzzlement

noun

• The cause of the accident has been a source of puzzlement.
• The explanation only increased their puzzlement.
• Although missing Bertha’s Kitchen and the Glass Onion in the same town is a puzzlement.
  — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 12 Feb. 2018
• His wife likewise stared at me with a mix of puzzlement and shock on her face.
  — Douglas G. Adler, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2019
• There is also some puzzlement about where the book ends.
  — Richard Aldous, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
• That’s where the Bears’ master plan for Fields creates a sense of puzzlement for the masses.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• Along with this hope went a sense of genuine puzzlement.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2021
• For lovers of his work, such puzzlement appears to be part of his appeal.
  — James Walton, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020
• While President Trump has tried to connect the fires to a lack of water in the state, the response from the state has been one of puzzlement.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2018
• And that makes the joy of the high notes merely a fleeting moment, followed by a more lasting sense of puzzlement.
  — Steven Oxman, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021
• And in this world, women are shown to be subservient to men, much to the puzzlement of Barbie and the pleased astonishment of Ken.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023
• Inevitably more Daniel Cleavers followed, and each time I was left in a sort of stunned puzzlement at the way men behaved toward me.
  — Plum Sykes, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
• Among Chelsea’s peers and rivals, the reaction to the club’s spending spree on players has been one of puzzlement.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• Fraser soon faded from prominence to the puzzlement of some fans.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
• The Milwaukee Bucks were up 2-0 a mere 43 seconds into the game and Kyrie Irving looked over at his bench in puzzlement.
  — Jim Owczarski, USA TODAY, 6 June 2021
• At that point, I had been moved to a private hospital, and my journal was full of puzzlement about what had happened.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2019
• The giant flag has been a thorn in the side of local officials and a source of puzzlement and anger to many residents and visitors.
  — Tamara Lush, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• That statement, which very likely caused puzzlement for all but the most deluded of Mets fans, might just turn out to be correct.
  — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019
• For them, Ningxia’s emergence as the Bordeaux of the East was a cause for excitement but also puzzlement.
  — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2013
• The lack of engagement by Johnson’s team on the core issues has led to puzzlement about his strategy.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
• The guns of the Irish Civil War can be heard in the distance, creating puzzlement among the residents of Inisherin.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2022
• The immediate reaction was one of puzzlement in why the No.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2020
• He was raised there, went to college at San Jose State University to study computer science, then dropped out and—to the puzzlement of some friends—came home.
  — Vauhini Vara, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2018
• And to causing progressives to furrow their brows in puzzlement.
  — George F. Will, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2017
• These questions have led me, for more than half a century and well into the 21st, to contemplate an aging puzzlement.
  — Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022
• The ways things get named after people in this world are a source of endless fascination and sometimes puzzlement.
  — Justin Fox, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
• My puzzlement is there’s no real story other than none of this happened.
  — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2018
• More broadly, the broader public reacts to Trump with puzzlement and amusement.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 11 June 2018
• The Japanese responded to Mr. Trump’s statement about the trade pact with a mix of puzzlement and cautious optimism.
  — Mark Landler and Ana Swanson, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• As for what Lin is walking into, Netflix’s structure has long been a source of Hollywood puzzlement.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024