How to Use puzzling in a Sentence

puzzling

adjective

• The directions are somewhat puzzling.
• The fact that the meek are to inherit the earth was a bit puzzling.
  — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 14 June 2018
• More puzzling is the metal loop on the side that can work with a strap.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Oct. 2021
• This is a little puzzling to think and see who’s gonna be the next great star.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2018
• That's what made the pall cast over the Giants' opener all the more puzzling.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• Six of those losses came at home, where the Sox are a puzzling 35-43.
  — Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
• The Bulls remain one of the most puzzling franchises in the NBA.
  — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• But what is most puzzling is the point spread, with the Chargers laying 2.5 points on the road.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
• The song's success seems more puzzling now than in its day.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
• That looks like a bargain now, yet seemed puzzling when the deal was made in the winter.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 19 July 2019
• More puzzling is the fact that a part of Venom stayed behind.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Jan. 2022
• Baseball is the only sport where the name is the answer to the game’s most puzzling questions.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2018
• But there were almost none in the gap, a puzzling absence.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2017
• All the more puzzling then is the mixed White House messaging on moving the bill.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 May 2022
• Even just one single vote elicits the most puzzling look on the guy’s face… and a sweet, sweet smile on Sol’s.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
• Two weeks ago Tibesar’s defense gave up 39 points in a puzzling loss at Cal.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2021
• One of the puzzling decisions the Avengers made in Endgame concerns the battle plan.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 11 Oct. 2021
• Even more puzzling was that the signal kept going for nine days.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2024
• The most puzzling part of the early season struggles for the Raiders has been the lack of involvement for Adams the past two weeks.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 2 Oct. 2022
• The puzzling letters and anonymous gifts arrived a few times a year.
  — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 12 June 2018
• Which made his flustered performance against the Chiefs all the more puzzling.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
• All of this makes some of the recent pronouncements from China all the more puzzling.
  — Frank Lavin, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
• One of the more puzzling decisions of the night was Braun Strowman tagging with a child to win the tag titles.
  — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Even more puzzling: None of the commenters on Reddit seemed to notice.
  — Jessica Roy, latimes.com, 10 May 2017
• What is more puzzling to them is how SpaceX can make money with Starship.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2019
• More puzzling, this variant didn’t seem to affect women in the same way.
  — Sylvia Tara, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2017
• Among the many puzzling elements in the killing is the little resistance that the guards appeared to have shown against the killers.
  — Kejal Vyas, WSJ, 20 July 2021
• Among the many complicated aspects of Covid-19, long Covid is one of the most puzzling.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2021
• What makes this casting choice more puzzling is that Milo Manheim sings and plays guitar with a rock god’s swagger as the Voice of Johnny.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
• The most puzzling reveal was a new suspect sketch, reportedly drawn early in 2017.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025