as in to blow
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta
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Recent Examples of boggle
When you’re only allowed to play 924 minutes in 365 days, the resulting numbers will boggle an onlooker’s mind.
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Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
The sheer competency displayed in these eight minutes is boggling to the mind.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
While the idea of redefining reality and exploring parallel universes sounds mind boggling and frankly a little sci-fi, the real-world future of living applications of quantum computing are vast and far-reaching.
—Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But the breadth of AI activity in retail is just boggling.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
The sheer competency displayed in these eight minutes is boggling to the mind.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
While the idea of redefining reality and exploring parallel universes sounds mind boggling and frankly a little sci-fi, the real-world future of living applications of quantum computing are vast and far-reaching.
—Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But the breadth of AI activity in retail is just boggling.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for boggle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boggle
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The Knicks blew a 19-point lead, and Philadelphia stormed back to take a 97-96 advantage with 3:59 left in the fourth quarter.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, buying everything new for your space can get costly and can easily blow your budget.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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And Volodymyr Zelenskyy also fumbled the bag pretty hard.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Arriving in England in 1929, Queenie fumbled around on the edges of the entertainment business, hoping to be an actor.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Sometimes, one bad person or a few bad people can ruin things for everybody.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.—
Jack Fitzgerald,
Car and Driver,
13 Feb. 2023
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Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.—
Monica Mark,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2023
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“Boggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boggle. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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