Sentence examples for several perplexing from inspiring English sources

After several perplexing seconds elapsed, Mr. Foster picked up a microphone and said to the crowd, "Live TV -- are you having a great time?" He and Charice then played their intended song.

It offered several perplexing thoughts: that we had become so caught up in the dark narrative of her songs – the blighted love, the drugs, the chaos, the notion of the mercurial genius – that when her demise became ever more brazen and distressing, we saw Winehouse not as an individual but as the butt of chat-show jokes and YouTube footage.

Clark and Watson (1995) consider that "unfortunately, many test developers are hesitant to use factor analysis, either because it requires a relatively large number of respondents or because it involves several perplexing decisions" (p. 17).

However, in one of several perplexing decisions, the Constitutional Court sent the ruling back to the appeals court, requesting that the decision be substantiated.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has several perplexing attributes that distinguish it from other viruses.

Several perplexing cases of gene-to-gene variation in sequence divergence within a plant were uncovered.

He would repeat a word several times, perplexed, a wrinkle on his brow, confused by the vagaries of the English language where there is no method in pronunciation.

He relates several incidents that perplexed him as a boy, seeking to understand the relations between man and God, and the distinction between life and death.

He stood perplexed for several seconds - and burst out laughing.

Several said they were perplexed and distressed by his actions.

The United States officials are particularly perplexed because several Mexican Federal Police took part alongside the state police in arresting men who are, technically, their own colleagues.