Sentence examples for designed to perplex from inspiring English sources

It was a sight guaranteed (and probably designed) to perplex the nineteen-fifties: pink and apoplectic, armed with cigar and ear trumpet, Waugh laid into the decline of modern manners with ill-mannered contempt.

A wall that is designed to move can be particularly perplexing.

However, such hierarchies should be designed to empower researchers, not intimidate or perplex them.

Jennifer Heath, another Ontario Street resident, said the council's support for the temporary cul-de-sacs perplexes her and seems designed to "placate a vocal minority" at the expense of their neighbors.

And shock continued to perplex physicians.

The challenge of 'constructing green' continues to perplex us.

The complexity and success of its vernacular architecture/urbanism continue to perplex experts till today.

Their enthusiasm for it often seems to perplex outsiders.

Role of methane in global warming continues to perplex scientists.

China never ceases to interest, or to perplex.

But fitting the tracksuit seemed to perplex Dolce.