These expressions are absolutely baffling from the point of view of a syntactician.
THE idea that a country would actually want to join the euro zone is baffling from some points of view.
But while the decision to call it a day is baffling from a creative point of view, it's not clear that it's down to viewing figures either.
I myself have been receiving baffled inquiries from friends overseas.
But (the inevitable, baffled cry from journalists and spin doctors everywhere) why did he do it?
Now, he has solicited a wave of anger and baffled amusement from Belgians after their European capital came under attack.
Through the model of inclusive fitness, Dr. Hamilton proposed an elegant and mathematically sophisticated way of understanding altruistic behavior, a problem that had baffled naturalists from Darwin onward.
Pre-game, especially during the playoffs, a little fashion show sprouts up, complete with commentary (razzing, baffled, mournful) from the in-studio commentators.
When the film writer Richard Brody posted his list of the decade's best movies on The New Yorker's website last week, it received a slightly baffled response from the blogosphere.
"That is exactly what I'm afraid of," replies Carson, suggesting yet more resistance to impending modernity – which, of course, means plenty of opportunity for baffled zingers from the Dowager Countess.
