Sentence examples for mildly baffled from inspiring English sources
We are mildly baffled rather than galvanised into righteous indignation when told that the rich are being persecuted – bullied for taxes and lynched for bonuses.
It is a view that would elicit a sage nod from the executive chairman of Google, Eric E. Schmidt, who was in Delhi last week and appeared to be mildly baffled that only 20 million Indians out of 1.24 billion had broadband connectivity.
(To see just how proficient a performer she is, you can also watch her tonight on Part 2 of NBC's "Lost Empire," in a graceful rendition of an ethereal goddess, the truest note in that big, unwieldy production.) "The Chris Isaak Show" has an appealing offbeat tone, which is set by its star, who always seems mildly baffled by the weirdness of his life, show business and otherwise.
Oscar (Oscar Nunez) is mildly baffled that Erin actually invited one of her friends to come, as opposed to being ashamed of the office.
Like Private Eye, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is one of those comic institutions where the idiosyncrasies and familiar jokes are glorious fun for the initiated, but mildly baffling to the outsider.
The film's one through line, an attention-grabbing opening scene that depicts most of the future armored car delivery, ends up as a mildly baffling tease; it's a dream scene Brian has on the eve of the robbery, which we never actually see.
I went on the native-baiting Sound of Music tour in Salzburg, once, and watched as the baffled and mildly hostile locals strained to look away as hordes of British, American and Australian visitors trudged around town, re-enacting key scenes from the film while screaming.
Baffled colleges consulted baffled lawyers.
Aid workers were baffled.
