Sentence examples for but perplexing from inspiring English sources

The appearance of some self-proclaimed anarchists among the protesters at the Republican convention is tantalizing but perplexing.

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Across from the Adams house, Gilbert's three brick and stone houses at Nos. 838, 842 and 844 Carroll Street are each almost as wide as deep, producing comfortable interiors but perplexing facades.

That was good news for the region but perplexing to scientists who have been off and running -- and driving and flying -- ever since the ground stopped shaking, fanning out to pinpoint damage and gather data from instruments that are providing the first real test of scientists' theories about how the region would respond to a major earthquake.

The plastidic location of most PPOs is well established but perplexing because the phenolic substrates are typically stored in the vacuole.

Casual viewers are familiar enough with the sport to roughly distinguish a good routine from a bad one did she fall?—but perplexed enough by its scoring system and rules to be blindsided, and angered, by an unexpected decision.

I was stunned but perplexed -- Pearl Harbor, where's that?

Biden looked up, pleased but perplexed by an image he doesn't control or entirely recognize.

The kids seemed fascinated but perplexed, as well they might have been.

"Belafonte turned to face the jacket and in that booming voice called out to it, as if it were a man, 'I told you to sit in the back of the bus!' " The students seemed amused but perplexed.

Karen Bradley, the new Northern Ireland secretary, will be pleased to have been promoted to the UK cabinet but perplexed by the task in front of her: to help get power-sharing back up and running again.