Sentence examples for to be perplexed from inspiring English sources
verb
To exist; to have real existence.
Therefore, the first and most important task of Heidegger's book is to recover our perplexity for this question of questions: Hamlet's "To be or not to be?" For Heidegger, what defines the human being is this capacity to be perplexed by the deepest and most enigmatic of questions: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Now, allowed in court, they continued to be perplexed.
The papermakers he met tended to be perplexed by his interest, but he persisted.
The president is reported to be perplexed by Lagardère's public display of affection.
The Sri Lankans are not supposed to be perplexed by this type of bowling.
Ian Gordon, analyst at Investec, is right to be "perplexed" by the timing.
Re "Bumbling Theft of Infamous Auschwitz Sign Prompts Perplexity and Outrage" (news article, Dec. 24): The lack of security protecting Auschwitz is unlikely to be "perplexing" to anyone who has visited Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The premise, and this is the case with Pynchon's book also, is obviously meant to be perplexing.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered the tower to be "perplexing", but described its windows and double internal arch as "odd and very effective details".
Finding a dependable 24-hour locksmith doesn't have to be perplexing.
I confess to being perplexed.
