Sentence examples for perplexing said from inspiring English sources

"It is perplexing," said Tom Fleming, of Norwalk, Iowa.

"It's quite perplexing," said Zahidul Huque, who heads the United Nations team group on H.I.V./AIDS for the Philippines.

"The apparently sudden shift from dry to relatively wet environments over such a short distance was perplexing," said Myers.

"It's perplexing," said Jim Solomons, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, where the money now sits.

"The Rick Perry choice is so perplexing," said former Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, who for years led the committee that oversees the Energy Department's budget.

"It is perplexing," said Dr. Rachel Civen, a medical epidemiologist at L.A. County's Department of Public Health. .

"I am perplexed," said William A. Niskanen, chairman of the Cato Institute in Washington and a former member of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers.

"We're perplexed," said Karl Calhoun, Volunteers of America director of veteran and recovery services.

"We are stunned and perplexed," said Kevin Gordon, a lobbyist for hundreds of school districts.

"He's sort of perplexing sometimes," said another Democrat who also asked not to be quoted by name.

In Washington, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis described the situation as "perplexing," and said he had "no idea why they would attack" the base.