perplexity

How To Use perplexity In A Sentence

• Doctor Gozzi, who was an ubiquitarian, made to all those questions answers which had not even the shadow of good sense, and which of course had no other effect than to increase a hundred-fold the perplexity of his poor mother. The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
• For yet another year, indigenous performance arts showed incredibly minimal growth, with creativity seemingly dedicating itself to the devoir of producing perplexity rather than refinement.
• Confessions of perplexity are, it is assumed, not wanted.
• Part of the perplexity arises from a sudden onrush of doubt: did we misread the earlier texts, overlook the clues that would explain this surprising volte-face?
• She jolted slightly in alarm, before leaning back and, cocking her chin to the side, surveyed him in perplexity.
• Time enough, always proves little enough_: Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
• I finally managed to disentangle myself from perplexity.
• The spokesman returned in a state of even greater perplexity to confront the television cameras and assembled press corps.
• I pointed that out to her and watched her face change from its look of indignant perplexity to a very sad and hurt confusion.
• His comments have been the source of much perplexity and debate.