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No one is completely sure where the word flummox comes from, but Charles Dickens was aware of it and used it in his 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers. It became quite common in both British and American English by the end of the 19th century.
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Examples of flummox in a Sentence
Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Even the initial users of Facebook were flummoxed by the feature, but that didn’t stop them from using it.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
The Iron Man star recalled meeting Lowe in history class and being flummoxed by how the St. Elmo's Fire actor was able to successfully juggle both Hollywood and his homework.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2024
Many groups watching the decision are flummoxed by the Arizona wildlife commission’s decision to take up the question of auction vs. raffle arrangements.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2024
And then, when the tension was highest, Wilks decided to start running more man-to-man looks.
Mahomes, flummoxed to that point in the game, couldn’t believe his luck.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
Three plays later, on third-and-long, Unitas flummoxed the defense, bringing four wide receivers to the line of scrimmage.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
Both men have sometimes misspoken in ways that flummoxed their audiences and prompted explanations by aides afterwards, and Trump already has been hammering Biden as befuddled or worse.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
Hellworld finds Bota attempting to inject the proceedings with a Scream-style meta-comedy that will only flummox its audience.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
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“Flummox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flummox. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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