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The phrase "was perplexing" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that caused confusion or difficulty in understanding in the past. Example: "The sudden change in the schedule was perplexing to everyone involved."
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The argument was perplexing.
On other nights, the food was perplexing.
Why this should be so was perplexing.
And the voting process was perplexing to outsiders.
The bombing was as deadly as it was perplexing.
Even so, this program, featuring the choreographer and dancer Arkadi Zaides, was perplexing.
I admit that the cover line "A Unified Physics?" was perplexing.
But Los Angeles, with its shifting perspectives and unwieldy size, was perplexing.
Juan Mata was so prominently involved it was perplexing that Van Gaal should substitute him.
And the reason that plastic was singled out for this tedious treatment was perplexing.
Cable, the MP for Twickenham, said the decision to pursue the case was perplexing.
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