Baffling

"Baffling" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Do you remember that baffling murder case?

Tom had not liked being a supply teacher; students would often cut up and play baffling tricks.

As a detective, his flair had been extraordinary, and he had achieved triumphs by unravelling some of the most baffling cases of the day.

"Yanni says that he has no idea why he shot Skura." "This is baffling."

The king's conduct appears baffling.

What happened next was utterly baffling.

A newly discovered supernova that astronomers say is the brightest exploding star ever seen is baffling scientists all over the world.

Most thunderstorms get their incredible energy from the sun’s heat, but some of the storms gain their strength at night, baffling scientists.

To me, it seems odd to have to defend language creation, and yet it's been repeatedly attacked, mainly by linguists (which is the most baffling part about the whole business), and decried as a form of frivolity which should not and cannot be taken seriously by anyone, or even wicked (I've heard it).

[T]he primitive concept of the generative act was one of awe and worship, accorded to a force which was incomprehensible and baffling.

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Ministers must restart trade negotiations with Brussels immediately to sort out the "baffling" array of post-Brexit rulesand regulations that now threaten much of the UK'sexport trade to the EU

[…] the contrast of the one determined and still triumphant will of the man, with the transient and vain bafflings of winds or waves, of gods, or monsters […]

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