How to Use befuddle in a Sentence

befuddle

verb

• Making the glass dome is the part that befuddles most of them.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
• So if you are ever befuddled by any of this, just look for a trail of control.
  — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 7 June 2018
• But those slight changes aren’t enough to befuddle the machines in use today, for the most part.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2015
• These are the ones that befuddle the mind and are more likely the source of fender-benders.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2021
• Just reaching the Finals has befuddled most of my friends.
  — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
• And even if the way the story shifts back and forth in time is a bit befuddling, this is a strong piece of cinema.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 13 June 2024
• And at least a scorching April and May have helped buoy a befuddling June.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
• Berube was befuddled by the way his team started the third, a problem that lies at the feet of the players as well as the coach.
  — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
• But the sudden diversity of beer choice can leave some drinkers befuddled.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2017
• When Rollin asks whether that might be dangerous, Hite looks befuddled.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• Then up came Anderson, who was befuddled by a change-up earlier in the game.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017
• Some of the details in these stories are wrenching and revealing, and some are befuddling.
  — Matthew Thompson Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• He was befuddled by their approach and wondered why video wasn’t part of the conversation.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Jan. 2024
• Of course, the mistakes were part of the script, but viewers seemed befuddled by the presentation.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
• Befuddled by the process, and fearing there was another shoe to drop, Ali did nothing for about a month.
  — Michael Matza, Philly.com, 16 June 2017
• The better response is to befuddle the attacker or change the subject.
  — Steve Milloy, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
• No stores have it -- a supply and demand ratio that’s befuddled both consumers and retailers over the past month.
  — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 4 Apr. 2020
• Also, the moment when the actor raised the whiskey glass to his mouth completely befuddled consumers.
  — Seth Reiss, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
• When asked about the shot, Alcaraz recalled the joy of hitting it and befuddling his opponent.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• The two towers of the cathedral’s façade seem to have befuddled the image recognition system.
  — Alex Webb | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2019
• The poor soul saw three pitches and appeared to be completely befuddled by all of them, the bat never once leaving his shoulder.
  — Bill Plaschke, latimes.com, 29 June 2018
• Walden isn’t the only one in Savannah befuddled about the timing of Pence’s trip.
  — Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2018
• For the second time in three days Utah’s Mariah Lopez befuddled the Ducks.
  — oregonlive, 7 May 2023
• Thompson laid off a curveball on the 12th pitch to draw the walk, a pitch that befuddles hitters when Lodolo is pitching at his best.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2023
• And then there are the everyday citizens of Greenville, who are mostly befuddled by the whole thing — and, at times, scared and annoyed.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Stepin Fetchit acts like a shuffling, befuddled fool, and because of this many of Perry’s films have been deemed offensive.
  — Danielle Jackson, Longreads, 15 Sep. 2017
• The husbands are befuddled by their countryside existence while their pregnant wives engage in a bizarre friendship.
  — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
• While the menu’s lack of cohesion left me slightly befuddled, there is much promise to the dishes coming out of Shahar’s kitchen.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2020
• Atlanta then declined to pick up Kinley’s option for 2026, which was a bit befuddling at the time.
  — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• But no one was more befuddled by their presence than Fallon himself, who couldn’t even bring himself to go through the motions of the interview.
  — Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024