as in perplexed
faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do
she was hard put to explain her department's excessive expenditures
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And Cartwright indulges in a few moments of the kind of perplexed introspection that Slow Horses rarely pauses to provide.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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What started as a simple discussion has only grown more convoluted, leaving everyone more perplexed than ever.Bill Bruno, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Censoring Ulysses In reviewing the UK Home Office files on James Joyce's Ulysses, a historian found baffled officials afraid to bring more attention to it.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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Perhaps this played better at home, but in the room, there was a baffled silence, barring pockets of laughter for the contributions from Stanley Tucci and Dame Judi Dench.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
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Morelle isn’t embarrassed to say that his mind went immediately to the Founding Fathers.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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What's more concerning is that experts believe these figures represent only a fraction of the actual losses, as many victims are too embarrassed to report their experiences.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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There this brilliant but bewildered scientist gets cornered by a plutocrat with impertinent questions.Alan Scherstuhl, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Lewis Pullman, who stars as the bewildered Bob, is new to the supervillain force.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
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