Sentence examples for perplexing ways from inspiring English sources

These six degrees of sanction graduation are distinct, and potentially independent, but often intertwined in obscure and perplexing ways.

He drew on Orientalism, classicism, English eccentrics and his ideas about the future, combining them in complex and often perplexing ways.

But this advocacy is embedded in a compelling narrative of love and loss, opportunities taken or missed, characters who behave in complex and sometimes perplexing ways.

Why creatures great and small behave in such fascinating and seemingly perplexing ways is explained in this delightful account of the evolutionary foundations of animal social behavior.

"I find it perplexing the way the 'moral values' phrase is used," said the Rev. Mark Greiner, the pastor at the Presbyterian church that Ward attends.

The exact focus of the investigation has been something of a mystery since word leaked in June that it was under way, perplexing lobbyists, lawyers and even the lawmakers being singled out.

This recording taught me that music could stir deep, perplexing emotions in a way that made me want to know more.

There had been perplexing moments along the way; Simple Minds said yes to our using I Travel but no to us clearing the publishing.

At moments like that, Paracosm feels perplexing in the best way: an artist whose field appeared to be pretty clearly delineated doing something you can't quite pin down.

She says the simultaneity of seeing vivid stained glass colors and smelling fruity food odors was perplexing "in a good way".

My parents were at once critical of and intimidated by yours, perplexed by the ways in which they had changed.