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How to use the word perplexing in a Sentence?

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Lust is perplexing; in one moment, you crave everything, and in the next, you question why you desired what captivated you just a minute before. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 2 months ago
The administration talks a really good game about using U.S. technology to help further its geopolitical goals, and also about the speed at which it’s necessary to move to solve climate change, but their inability to move this very basic process forward over this long of a time frame is perplexing. – Jeff Navin	Found on New York Times 10 months ago
By all accounts, the Chinese leadership was looking forward to having direct talks with Blinken … it would be very plausible that( Chinese leader Xi Jinping) would want to make sure everything was smooth in the lead up to the visit, that this would happen is perplexing and strange. – Chong Ja Ian	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is perplexing that [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi refuses to allow any formal investigation into the origins of COVID. – Scott Applewhite	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's perplexing to understand why the ones who were invited didn't come. I don't understand the strategy. The big winner here is Warren, the only top-tier candidate to show up, and she can bask in on the glory. – Markos Moulitsas	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I was so f---ing sure the first time, that is very, very perplexing. – Jon Rahm	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It's not easy. It's perplexing. It's bewildering, this business of being a 'good enough' parent, and to think that just because we are highly-educated or well-read, we have the right answers, that we know the best thing to do and can follow through in doing it, is so very misguided. – Suniya Luthar	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is really perplexing for a number of reasons, they appear to have all died around the same time. And the strange thing is they are all one species, with the exception of one dead humpback whale found in a different location. – Kate Wynne	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is a bit perplexing. The feedback we are getting on the ground is not as positive. SMEs are not getting the orders, there is an improvement in business sentiment, in the environment, but unfortunately there is no movement on the ground. – Anil Bhardwaj	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a bit perplexing given the overnight action in oil prices. – Michael McCarthy	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Lust is perplexing; in one moment, you crave everything, and in the next, you question why you desired what captivated you just a minute before.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
2 months ago

The administration talks a really good game about using U.S. technology to help further its geopolitical goals, and also about the speed at which it’s necessary to move to solve climate change, but their inability to move this very basic process forward over this long of a time frame is perplexing.

– Jeff Navin

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

By all accounts, the Chinese leadership was looking forward to having direct talks with Blinken … it would be very plausible that( Chinese leader Xi Jinping) would want to make sure everything was smooth in the lead up to the visit, that this would happen is perplexing and strange.

– Chong Ja Ian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is perplexing that [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi refuses to allow any formal investigation into the origins of COVID.

– Scott Applewhite

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's perplexing to understand why the ones who were invited didn't come. I don't understand the strategy. The big winner here is Warren, the only top-tier candidate to show up, and she can bask in on the glory.

– Markos Moulitsas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was so f---ing sure the first time, that is very, very perplexing.

– Jon Rahm

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It's not easy. It's perplexing. It's bewildering, this business of being a 'good enough' parent, and to think that just because we are highly-educated or well-read, we have the right answers, that we know the best thing to do and can follow through in doing it, is so very misguided.

– Suniya Luthar

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is really perplexing for a number of reasons, they appear to have all died around the same time. And the strange thing is they are all one species, with the exception of one dead humpback whale found in a different location.

– Kate Wynne

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a bit perplexing. The feedback we are getting on the ground is not as positive. SMEs are not getting the orders, there is an improvement in business sentiment, in the environment, but unfortunately there is no movement on the ground.

– Anil Bhardwaj

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a bit perplexing given the overnight action in oil prices.

– Michael McCarthy

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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