Sentence examples for perplexing on from inspiring English sources

Few things are more perplexing on sixth-form enrolment days than sitting opposite a male student desperately wanting to study childcare and having his eyes plead with you to lie as his father leans in and abruptly asks: "Tell me, how many boys normally take this subject?" In truth, just 2.5% of childcare BTec students are male.

When you combine the losses other Japanese telcos expect with the fact that SoftBank has been pretty transparent about the IPO proceeds going toward future Vision Fund investments rather than back into the telco unit, it's a little perplexing on how there can be such a rosy outlook for the business.

In fact, I find their position perplexing on many layers (and I'm not just talking about their upcoming fall collection).

Which was admirable and perplexing on many levels, because you could not pay me to BELLY SLIDE on the floor of a public bathroom stall -- particularly for some wasted chick.

"We are increasingly perplexed on the buy side," said Anthony E. Malkin, the president of W&M Properties, which manages a privately owned real estate portfolio.

Without the senior point guard Chris Wright, out since breaking a bone in his left hand Feb. 23, the eighth-seeded Hoyas continued to be perplexed on offense, dropping their fourth straight game.

Some Tonys viewers (and possibly a live-blogger or two) found themselves perplexed on Sunday night when Mark Rylance accepted his award for leading actor in a play and almost seemed to be giving his speech as his "Jerusalem" character, Johnny Byron, rattling off what sounded like a stream-of-conscious ramble about the benefits of walking through walls, vis-a-vis flying or astral projection.

Perplexing patterns on the surface of a sea of frozen nitrogen are evidence of convection driven by temperature differences.

Too fey by half, and perplexing to those raised on MP3 players or even CDs.Mr Ive is prone to finding the sleekest solution to every industrial design problem, producing timeless products that only appear dated when compared with his next iteration.

Many times, they often stare at me with perplexed looks on their faces until one of my students finally, out of sheer curiosity, raises their hand and asks me what I mean by that statement.

The formula for striking it rich on YouTube is perplexing, to say the least.