Sentence examples for perplexed for from inspiring English sources

He stood perplexed for several seconds - and burst out laughing.

He looks perplexed for a moment, then glances down and grins.

For, although he represents himself as being in the same aporetic boat — and may in fact be perplexed for exactly the same reasons — his method does not commit him to the premises, inferences or conclusions of the arguments, or even to the regulating ideas about knowledge.

Scientists have been perplexed for years by a hypnotic, symphonic sound emanating from the deepest trench of the world's oceans.

His rambling comments alienated some Afghans, who said they were perplexed, for instance, by his vague new demand that the U.S. somehow guarantee peace in this war-ravaged nation.

Nachman Krochmal (1785 1840), a native of Galicia (at that time part of Austria), wrote the highly influential Hebrew treatise More nevukhe ha-zman ("Guide for the Perplexed for Our Time"), on the philosophy of history and on Jewish history.

The situation must be perplexing for the Clinton campaign.

Carson's position within the paranormal wing of the G.O.P. is perplexing for a number of reasons.

Can you figure it out?" The last few months have been exhilarating and perplexing for Mr. Roy.

Hallucinations may be threatening or distressing but are often simply perplexing for patients who cannot understand why familiar faces or unknown intruders repeatedly appear to them.

The notice, perplexing for most viewers, was for the benefit of Aboriginal Australians, who may have a taboo against naming or encountering representations of the dead.