Sentence examples for perplexing work from inspiring English sources

This is a serious production of an engrossing, beautiful and perplexing work that history is still grappling with.

Written in the fifth century B.C., "The Bacchae" is the most disturbing and perplexing work from the author of "Electra," "Medea" and "The Trojan Women," and possibly the most upsetting play in Greek tragedy.

This performance piece by Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, which had its world premiere at the Radar Festival in Los Angeles this week, is a perplexing work.

However, only a few decades later Moses Maimonides, the medieval Jewish philosopher par excellence, wrote his philosophical magnum opus, Moreh Nevukhim (The Guide of the Perplexed), a work that has much in common with Ibn Daud's book.

Tadaaki Otaka's interpretation of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales left listeners stunned, perplexed by the work's undercurrent of pessimism, but also consoled by its powerful evocation of the life-force at the heart of our universe.

Some in the audience seemed perplexed by the Kodaly work and left the hall as soon as it was over.

My work still perplexes some people (others have been devoted followers for more than 30 years), but I remain grounded in the tradition of Molière -- to me the greatest of all theatrical artists.

The Morgan Stanley side was perplexed: Was Lehman working on another deal at the same time?

No matter how sincere Perry's apology might have been, he seemed genuinely perplexed that what works as an off the cuff comment in the UK might not play so well in Australia.

Mr. Charlton-Jones, a director of the old master paintings department at Sotheby's in London, said he found the work a bit perplexing.

These days, I see more vividly how we are called to work out this perplexing business together, and I see that faith is not something that can be both solitary and healthy.