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Recent Examples of flummox The athleticism and size of Gafford and Washington flummoxed opposing defenses and gave Dallas' star dynamic duo two talented new targets. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 This noticeably flummoxed Alcaraz, who seemed confused about his route to victory. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 Tessa and Hannah Skidmore seem just as flummoxed by the question about why Christmas Tree Lane has been a hit for generations. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 When Richard Celeste was hired to be Mr. Bowles’s personal assistant and embassy protocol officer in 1963, he was flummoxed by the latter job description. Penelope Green, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flummox
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Verb
  • For a former player who was known as a cutthroat defender, he was perplexed by his players’ disappointing effort.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • However, she too was perplexed about the role of the pro-prefect.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • That’s all bewildering plot-wise, but Morrison also bewilders readers through language.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Ukrainians are bewildered, wondering how the U.S. went so quickly from isolating the Kremlin to appearing to embrace it.
    Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Most were baffled at the fact the eggs still contained actual egg.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • However, she’s baffled at why social media activity may have contributed to the arrest.
    Polo Sandoval, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Lesson 2: Don't confuse the end user with the paying customer.
    Mark Francis, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The Dodgers are on Spectrum SportsNet LA, which is not to be confused with Spectrum SportsNet, which carries the Lakers.
    Chad Jennings, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The only thing here that does puzzle me is that the Metal Build Zeta Gundam costs the same, but this Metal Build God Gundam doesn’t transform.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The addition of Ingram was particularly puzzling given that the team is already in possession of RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For many people, filing taxes to the Internal Revenue Service is a befuddling process.
    Malaka Gharib, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
  • People were befuddled by Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making passion project, a rococo take on the collapse of an empire.
    Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Flummox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flummox. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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