Sentence examples for could be perplexed from inspiring English sources

Even in medieval Italy, it seems, readers could be perplexed by the epic's complex web of reference, from classical mythology through biblical allegory to the politics of 14th-century Florence.

He took it upon himself to help ambassadors and other African officials learn how to play the game in Washington, where matters of politics and protocol could often be perplexing to them.

"Anyone in that theater would be perplexed as to why something like that couldn't continue".

Regulators can also be perplexed.

"Subsequently, the remaining population who could not escape was perplexed to find that unexploded mortar bombs landing in Sarajevo sometimes had markings in Hebrew," he writes.

Thailand lay, teasingly, just across the Mekong, and foreign travelers on the river couldn't help being perplexed by the contrasting political systems on show.

When I finally walked into my house, my homeboys could tell I was perplexed.

Doctors were perplexed and could offer no medication or surgical repair to a condition that baffled them.

The USA coach, Pia Sundhage, was perplexed and could not find an explanation for the penalty misses.

Those closest to Jesus, the disciples, who, when told of the empty tomb by the women who followed Jesus, were perplexed: what could this mean?

I could not hide that I was perplexed.