How To Use Mystified In A Sentence

I am mystified and slightly repulsed. Times, Sunday Times
But she saw Cat was mystified and looked back at the letters again. CHARMED LIFE
And I have been a little mystified as a result. Times, Sunday Times
That's how it seemed to the mystified outsider.
Mystified I adjusted my position so I could see, and dabbled an experimental finger or two in the tank.

But the first rule of demystifying is one must herself be demystified before attempting to demystify. ProWomanProLife » Woah, Nellie
We are still a bit mystified by the speed of India's spectacular collapse. Times, Sunday Times
Though laziness is easily enough understood, I remain mystified as to why anyone who purports to follow Jesus would choose to condemn an entire population over choosing to obey Jesus 'self-proclaimed greatest commandment to love one's neighbor as oneself. John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense
As a final note, I remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars, even those who clearly have adequate resources to pay the modest additional costs. Auto purchase in Mexico
But the first rule of demystifying is one must herself be demystified before attempting to demystify. ProWomanProLife » Woah, Nellie
Well, I'm mystified as to how it could have happened.
He mystified us all by pouring his drink out of the window.
The warder, whose name was Li and who disliked the gruff and unsociable criminal, was mystified to see a Korean looking after a Chinese with brotherly care.
He demystified food and made it a popular craft. The Sun
The interviewer, reflecting the prevailing attitudes of the time, seemed mystified. Times, Sunday Times
She has demystified the process and terms associated with anesthesia and arranged the information in an easy to understand topic-by-topic sourcebook. Surgery Concerns for Children « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
Hospital staff were last night still mystified by the motive for the August 15 poisoning. The Sun
Then a large group of slightly mystified people who don't get it. Times, Sunday Times
He looks mystified, bewildered, but he likes the idea of these nuns. Times, Sunday Times
I am sure there must be millions like me who are mystified by bytes, megabytes, gigabytes or whatever they are called.
The pair looked mystified by their rejection. The Sun
Once this occurs, the medium has been demassified and demystified.
Hospital staff were last night still mystified by the motive for the August 15 poisoning. The Sun
He remains mystified as to why Fifa would risk disunity by producing such a controversial document.
I moved towards the door with Susan in tow, confident that Scott would be too mystified to vent his spleen on Nicola. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
Their inclusion in Jakarta's political process seemed to have "demystified" their allure, she says. In Indonesia, a Model for Egypt's Transition
He mystified us all by pouring his drink out of the window.
Davidson's book also sent me to my battered copy of David Arora's Mushrooms Demystified -- the one book you must have if you want to hunt mushrooms-- for this anecdote by the Victorian memoirist Gwen Raverat about the smelly, phallic, stinkhorn mushroom. "Because of the morals of the maids"...
Yet a populist ethic scorning them as money grubbers who mystified the law while profiting from the miseries of others has persisted.
She was particularly perplexed by geometry; she aroused our hilarity by always calling a parallelogram a parallel-O-gram, with a strong emphasis on the penultimate syllable; and she spent several days repeating over to herself, with a mystified countenance, the famous words, "The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs. Hawthorne and His Circle
The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.
Jersey City argued in federal district (that is, trial) court that the display complied with the Constitution (as interpreted in a number of Supreme Court decisions) because the sleigh and the Santa Claus and the Frosty the Snowman and the Kwanzaa ribbons that it added to the creche and the menorah "demystified" thtose two religious symbols -- that is, drained them of their religious meaning. Is That Legal?: Will Sam Alito Respect Earlier Opinions With Which He Disagrees?
And I have been a little mystified as a result. Times, Sunday Times
The pair looked mystified by their rejection. The Sun
Wrenched from tradition, tartan has become such fun: deregulated, demystified, with ridiculously corny accessories. Times, Sunday Times
Police are mystified as to how the thief managed to open the vehicle without using force.
And what a cute dog it is, the poor chap looking about as mystified as the rest of us by what's going on. Times, Sunday Times
She said the course had 'demystified the [publishing] process and thereby boosted my confidence'. Times, Sunday Times
We are still a bit mystified by the speed of India's spectacular collapse. Times, Sunday Times
The interviewer, reflecting the prevailing attitudes of the time, seemed mystified. Times, Sunday Times
And I have been a little mystified as a result. Times, Sunday Times
When I ask who does what in the partnership, they look mystified. Times, Sunday Times
This may explain some of the magnetic variations that mystified old-time sailors.
And what a cute dog it is, the poor chap looking about as mystified as the rest of us by what's going on. Times, Sunday Times
Lindstrom admits to being mystified by TV ads that give viewers close-up food-porn shots of meat on a grill but accompany that with generic jangly guitar music.
The latter pair say they are mystified by what has unfolded.
In a real sense, Obama has been demythologized and demystified, and we hate it when we can see the wizard's feet behind the curtain. Christopher Cocca: Updating The Hero Myth Of Barack Obama
The process has been demystified and brought within the gambit of the familiar laboratory discourse.
Europeans may have been similarly mystified when "I Can't Stand It" had wavered from the Duchy of Luxembourg nearly three years earlier. Archive 2008-02-01
And what a cute dog it is, the poor chap looking about as mystified as the rest of us by what's going on. Times, Sunday Times
Though laziness is easily enough understood, I remain mystified as to why anyone who purports to follow Jesus would choose to condemn an entire population over choosing to obey Jesus 'self-proclaimed greatest commandment to love one's neighbor as oneself. John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense
Even what was supposed to be the ultimate taboo, murder, has been demystified and wanders our streets aimlessly every other weekend.
A land which has always mystified and enchanted the west with its boundless diversity yet somehow oneness.
For centuries observers have been fascinated and mystified by the majestic spiral tusk grown by the small Arctic whale known as the narwhal.
Cookery shows and celebrity chefs have demystified the business of catering. Times, Sunday Times
The name mystified me, until I came to realize that salsa golf must have been, at some point, a staple on country club menus in some of the Spanish-speaking world. Daisy’s Holiday Cooking
When I ask who does what in the partnership, they look mystified. Times, Sunday Times
I was mystified by her decision.
With James or Lawrence I knew exactly what to expect, but there was something in Lucian which mystified me. THE BLACK OPAL
I am also mystified by the unremitting praise the film has received, though I've done little more than skim everything I've run across.
I was mystified by her decision.
The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.
But justice is essentially a public affair and, where possible, must be 'demystified'. Times, Sunday Times
What mystified me was why I saw not a single character or piece of merchandising from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo's dark tale set in Paris, and a smash Disney film.
When I ask who does what in the partnership, they look mystified. Times, Sunday Times
If anything, women are completely mystified by the effect their presence has on men - and get mighty upset if that reaction is missing!
He looks mystified, bewildered, but he likes the idea of these nuns. Times, Sunday Times
If the requirement for wholesale reburial remains, Britain risks losing its leading role in archaeology, a decline that will be observed by a mystified international scientific community. Letters: Reburial requirement impedes archaeology
It is thought they may have been killed as part of some religious rites but no one really knows and I wonder if, in the future, any finders of these human remains will be similarly appalled and mystified.
She has demystified the process and terms associated with anesthesia and arranged the information in an easy to understand topic-by-topic sourcebook. Surgery Concerns for Children « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
When I was 13 and couldn't wait for the next Harry Potter book to be translated, I bought the original, made my way through it (I remember being mystified by the word 'dunno' - I didn't understand half of the words, of course, but this one appeared most often) and almost immediately went fan fiction hunting on the Internet. Sarah Rees Brennan - The Demon's Lexicon (Book Review)
I think the process should be "demystified" (there's no magic about succeeding or delusion about being suddenly discovered-one has to put in the effort and be willing to persist-as basic as it is, one can't be in the running for anything without applying) - but I also think time plays a role too. Kelly Spitzer
In this raw form, the songwriting process is revealed and demystified. Times, Sunday Times
Like everyone else, subscriber L.F. was mystified by the Knicks hiring of Isiah Thomas (he's since been unhired), "Isiah must have the same blackmailing information on Jim Dolan that Glen Sather does!!! Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories
He'd worked in his dad's takeaway since he was 5, thus really understands the food and deftly demystified it. Times, Sunday Times
Over the next few weeks and months she went decidedly loopy, wandering around dazed and giving bizarre impromptu interviews to mystified and amused reporters.
(Newton must have been mystified by the failure of his seemingly parallel derivation of the 9 year precession of the line of apsides to achieve better than 50 percent agreement.) Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
I am mystified and slightly repulsed. Times, Sunday Times
What mystified her was how any firm could employ such a gorgon to promote their products.
I am mystified as to how even the gentlest punters can be considered prostitutes' allies.
The interviewer, reflecting the prevailing attitudes of the time, seemed mystified. Times, Sunday Times
Asker has correctly observed that students at Lingnan are generally mystified by the demand that they complete some liberal arts courses.
In this manner, AIDS appeared insidiously and mystified doctors and scientists alike.
Whatever has disaffected a substantial section of the support has mystified the manager and has clearly unsettled some of his players.
You wrote that you remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars. Auto purchase in Mexico
Telecommunications have demystified what once were foreboding dens of iniquity - put more simply, the city is a less scary place to be.
In a real sense, Obama has been demythologized and demystified, and we hate it when we can see the wizard's feet behind the curtain. Christopher Cocca: Updating The Hero Myth Of Barack Obama
So exceedingly sensitive was the conscience of the priest, that had he clearly understood the game le Bourdon was playing, he might have revolted at the idea of necromancy, as touching on the province of evil spirits; but he was so well mystified as to suppose all that passed was regularly connected with the art of taking bees. Oak Openings
I am mystified and slightly repulsed. Times, Sunday Times
‘I'm utterly mystified,’ said one bemused spokesman earlier today.
He said that as a young man he was mystified by the unusual ability he had to play certain pieces sight unseen. Caring for your Unborn Child
Then a large group of slightly mystified people who don't get it. Times, Sunday Times
The interviewer, reflecting the prevailing attitudes of the time, seemed mystified. Times, Sunday Times
Mystery spin, by definition, is much easier once it has been demystified. Times, Sunday Times
He mystified observers by maintaining a sphinxlike silence - he is still studying the report, said a staffer.
But she saw Cat was mystified and looked back at the letters again. CHARMED LIFE
There was something strange in her attitude which mystified me.
Hospital staff were last night still mystified by the motive for the August 15 poisoning. The Sun
Mystified I adjusted my position so I could see, and dabbled an experimental finger or two in the tank.
However, since I had no part in organising the petition I am totally mystified by my sudden elevation to the position of spokesman for the petitioners.
League secretary Bob Shackleton was mystified by the player's non-appearance.
The pair looked mystified by their rejection. The Sun
The magician's tricks mystified the audience.
They would be hurt as well as mystified by her in-and-out flit. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
He was genuinely affronted and mystified I'd not done this.
OK so David Davies avoided humiliation but I remain ambivalent/mystified by the whole by-election. The Newmania surveillance satellite
Most Americans seem totally mystified by cricket.
We are still a bit mystified by the speed of India's spectacular collapse. Times, Sunday Times
I am personally mystified by an individual who owns a firearm that doesn't work.
Mrs Sharp said she was mystified why people stayed away from the gala concert at the end of the successful festival.
He looks mystified, bewildered, but he likes the idea of these nuns. Times, Sunday Times
Such musical notions as octaves, chords, scales, and keys can all be demystified and understood logically using simple mathematics.
Arguments between mothers and teenage daughters may be as regular as rain, but when the twosome is a high-strung, reactive mother and a high-strung, pubescent daughter, it can look so crazy that dads are mystified by the emotional downpour. NPR Topics: News
That limping at the end of races and the fact that he wears black strapping - similar to that once used by athletes to ease the cursed runner's knee - has left fans somewhat mystified for he has refused to dwell on the matter.
Neighbours were mystified by the killing, describing her as a ‘living saint’ and a dedicated worker for her local Catholic church, St Dominic's.
Local journalism demystified writing, he said. Times, Sunday Times
The Muscovite audience was reportedly mystified; more progressive Americans, no doubt, will respond differently.
It both demystified the process and romanticized it. Smithsonian
The process has been demystified and brought within the gambit of the familiar laboratory discourse.
He failed to see the relevance and remained mystified, until suddenly a cunning smile crept across his face. Times, Sunday Times
The distant city of Lucy's dreams was becoming steadily demystified.
Mr Hamilton said he was mystified that police had taken the woman's claims seriously and said it was a great injustice that she could remain anonymous while their faces were splashed all over the front pages.
I was mystified by her decision.
That ‘something real ‘- demystified empirical, disciplined, unpoetic, unfanciful, formal criticism - presented itself in the writings of Greenberg.’
But she saw Cat was mystified and looked back at the letters again. CHARMED LIFE
Then a large group of slightly mystified people who don't get it. Times, Sunday Times
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This weekend he was adamant that there was no rift with his former master, but was mystified about his demotion to the ranks.
The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.
He built track after track of weaving hip hop instrumentalism laced with guitar and sampled guitar byproducts while a mystified audience looked on with head-nodding appreciation.
After more than 30 years of work on the psychology of racism and antiracism, I continue to be mystified by how difficult it is for many to see the falsehoods of the color-blind society.
The distant city of Lucy's dreams was becoming steadily demystified.

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