Sentence examples for baffled to discover from inspiring English sources

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He was baffled to discover that funding for such projects has dried up.

Sometimes, after supper, Mrs. Kirkenbauer pitched in with the scrubbing, which Mary was baffled to discover she didn't mind.

However the scientists were baffled to discover two slightly different versions of the virus circulating among the women.

Taking a blood test in a high school science class one day, a girl, Bay (Vanessa Marano), is baffled to discover that her rare blood type does not seem to have been inherited from her parents.

"Are we still playing Australia?" was a constant whine during the winter, when Rob was baffled to discover that a five-Test series, comprising 25 days of cricket, was followed by seven one-day encounters between the same sides, plus a third format played in a short, ecstatic burst.

He bewilders his sister and her housemaid by complaining that "nothing is ever where it ought to be," and is in turn baffled to discover that wash basins are not kept under the bed, but on the washstand, and that it would be more appropriate to bathe in his own room (and with less swearing) than out in the hall (Masterman Coll., Box 2 Seq. 569).

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I was baffled to learn so much.

They seemed baffled to see me.

I was baffled, to be honest".

He was baffled, and went straight into therapy "to discover" what caused this attack, a process that led to a work hiatus that didn't end until he returned with 2002's Moonlight Mile.

I've been trying to discover why one question has divided the public, torn apart political parties, felled prime ministers and baffled, bemused and angered our neighbours for decades - does Europe mean "them" or "us"?

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