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The phrase "be as perplexed as" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express a comparison of confusion or bewilderment between two subjects or situations.
Example: "After reading the complex article, I was as perplexed as my friend who had also struggled to understand it."
Alternatives: "be as confused as" or "be as baffled as".
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You'll be as perplexed as I was.
He suggested that though China would be part of a new agreement, only rich countries would actually be bound by it.China's allies in Durban appear to be as perplexed as anyone by this.
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"I'm as perplexed as the next person," he said.
Louis J. Goodman, the chief executive of the Texas Medical Association, said doctors were as perplexed as consumers.
Mostly, it seems, the public is as perplexed as the politicians over the state of the presidential election.
When the South Korean director Shin Sang Ok was told recently about the upcoming New York première of his 1985 film, "Pulgasari," he was as perplexed as he was pleased.
"I'm as perplexed as you are," said Ed Sarpolis of Epic-MRA, the Lansing polling firm that conducted the Free Press survey.
By Michael Shapiro When the South Korean director Shin Sang Ok was told recently about the upcoming New York première of his 1985 film, "Pulgasari," he was as perplexed as he was pleased.
Allardyce's fondness for Nolan is such that he has signed him for three clubs – Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United as well as West Ham – so he was as perplexed as he was vexed by the 31-year-old's folly, especially as it came only three weeks after Nolan was sent off at Liverpool for an equally foolish tackle on Jordan Henderson.
This is why the internet is awesome: More parody accounts followed: Sarah Michelle Gellar aka Buffy was as perplexed as the rest of us: Our Radio and TV editor Rebecca Nicholson's professional opinion was as follows: Tumblr got involved too: And finally, Buzzfeed created their own list of other names Travolta might struggle with.
William Strain, who lives a few footsteps from the firehouse behind a 202-year-old general store and a gas station that his family has owned for generations, says he is as perplexed as anyone at how a good deal turned so bad.
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