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The view from the mainland While the blanket censorship makes it difficult to assess public sentiment towards the protest (state media has taken a hardline on the protests and censors blocked or scrubbed clean social media, mainland citizens have responded to past Hong Kong demonstrations with a mixture of puzzlement , envy and disdain.
When mentioning my home turf, I have got used to the look of puzzlement that settles on the faces of cosmopolitan journalists or government folk, more familiar with the souks of Marrakech than this unglamorous patch of north London.
A panel discussing their favourite cricket books, noted, with a degree of puzzlement , that fiction was largely absent, despite the game's tradition of provoking wonderful prose.
Was this supposed to be a sly comment on globalisation, of which, of course, Magalhaes was a pioneer?STEPHEN SCHWARTZWashington, DCUnconventional ZeissSIR My puzzlement at your article on Zeiss ("Zeissmic shift", November 11th) was tinged with painful disappointment.
Some 10% of potential caucus-goers claim that they have not made up their minds and another 40% say that they are open to shifting allegiance.The Iowa caucuses are one of the great peculiarities of American politics: a source of pride to Iowans and puzzlement to much of the rest of the country.
Who will bell the cat? "We have too much to do" Demonstration effect The trials of Ah-Bian Reprints Related items Banyan: Ichiro Ozawa: the shadow shogunSep 10th 2009The importance of the relationship with America has spawned puzzlement and even suspicion about how Mr Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will conduct foreign policy.
In particular, there is both puzzlement and anger over what is seen as the very public betrayal of Mr Mubarak, which, it is claimed, will cause every moderate Arab government to review its security relationship with America.
The failure to capture Osama bin Laden, or even to ascertain whether he is dead or alive, is a telling sign of general puzzlement.
Ministers picked a poor time to fail.The ultimate cause of failure only deepens the sense of puzzlement.
The prevailing attitude among ordinary citizens was mild puzzlement at why President Hosni Mubarak and his National Democratic Party, which have ruled together for 26 years, should bother to persist in going through democratic motions.Such deeply ingrained scepticism did wane, briefly, a few years ago.
If these letters, all posted in America, are confirmed to have anthrax, it can only add to confusion and puzzlement about their originators.In fact, spreading panic rather than causing large numbers of deaths could be the real aim of whoever is behind these incidents, since using biological or, for that matter, chemical materials as weapons of mass destruction is difficult.
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The word "puzzlement" functions primarily as a noun , denoting a state of being puzzled or confused. It describes the feeling or condition of not understanding something. As Ludwig highlights, it's a valid and usable term in English.
Expression frequency: Very common
