baffled

How To Use baffled In A Sentence

• To many baffled voters he must seem indestructible. Times, Sunday Times
• The police were baffled, and Sherlock Holmes was called in to investigate.
• He is indulgent about this, but plainly baffled.
• Farmers are baffled about how to remedy natural animal behaviour and say the tax could make farming uneconomical.
• Half admit to having overcooked the meat while two fifths felt baffled trying to work out cooking times. Times, Sunday Times
• When so much painstaking medical research has been done, it may seem astounding to most of us that the doctors are still baffled by the cause. Coping With Sudden Hair Loss
• Investigators seemed baffled by the theft, as guards patrol the premises at night and there is tight security inside, including infrared systems and cameras.
• Mr. Saunders went from looking puzzled to looking baffled. CHARMED LIFE
• The mysterious stranger took his departure; Laura Lipping distinctly saw a snarl of baffled rage reveal itself behind his heavy moustache and upturned astrachan collar. Literature
• I am baffled as to why a university publisher produced this book. Times, Sunday Times