Sentence examples similar to perplexing mind from inspiring English sources
At the end of the century, John Dryden censured Donne for affecting "the metaphysics" and for perplexing "the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy when he should engage their hearts... with the softnesses of love".
The other day my Political Philosophy professor proposed a question to my class that has perplexed my mind for the past few days.
It was always the complaint against John Donne's love poetry, during the centuries that his work was neglected – Dr Johnson complained that he "perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy".
However, it is widely believed throughout the cricketing community that atmospheric conditions can have a dramatic effect on a bowler's ability to make the ball swing, and this has perplexed the minds of sports engineers for decades.
Chronic pain of unclear physical cause is the clearest example that one could ask for of complex, perplexing, mind-body medicine, and our common solution – of doping sufferers with powerful narcotics and sedative anticonvulsants, could well be, in my opinion, the next medical scandal.
Its logic is perplexing to the human mind, which is acclimated to the macroscopic world, where measurements are only limited by the quality of our instruments.
Today, Ajantha Mendis is perplexing batsmen with his "carrom" ball, which requires mind-boggling digital strength.
But even though no foreign journalists are allowed into the region to report on it, Tibetans have continued to protest China's repressive policies in ways that boggle the mind and perplex the authorities.
