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Examples of puzzlement in a Sentence
The cause of the accident has been a source of puzzlement.
The explanation only increased their puzzlement.
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Megalopolis has been an object of curiosity, passion and puzzlement across the film and cultural landscape, first surfacing as a finished work nearly two months before its world premiere in Cannes.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
The Afghans observed these developments at first with puzzlement, then with frustration, and ultimately with anger.
—Karl W. Eikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2013
Related Articles The Italian designer has also become, to his apparent puzzlement, an icon for young generations thanks to his inimitable, offhand elegance.
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This move was greeted with puzzlement by many, including this very newsletter, because on the surface the Dodgers appear to be a much better team with Betts in right and Miguel Rojas at short.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
The Afghans observed these developments at first with puzzlement, then with frustration, and ultimately with anger.
—Karl W. Eikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2013
Related Articles The Italian designer has also become, to his apparent puzzlement, an icon for young generations thanks to his inimitable, offhand elegance.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024
This move was greeted with puzzlement by many, including this very newsletter, because on the surface the Dodgers appear to be a much better team with Betts in right and Miguel Rojas at short.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Puzzlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puzzlement. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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puzzlement
noun
puz·zle·ment
ˈpəz-əl-mənt 
1
: the state of being puzzled
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