How to Use perplexed in a Sentence

perplexed

adjective

• He gave her a perplexed look.
• The explanation left me thoroughly perplexed.
• Adalpe seemed perplexed that his home had not taken on more water.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• Slink is a little perplexed at how many steps there seem to be on this staircase.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2015
• The starters looked perplexed as their bench cleared in the final minutes.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
• But while all are impressed by the power of these new tools, many are still perplexed about where to start.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 May 2023
• His perplexed parents pushed him even harder.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
• Feeling perplexed about how to wear them during the hotter months?
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 June 2023
• For the record, most of the characters in the show seem perplexed by Sam's ire.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 4 May 2018
• Giannis is perplexed as to why.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• To some extent, minds have already been a bit blown — or at least perplexed — by real-world events.
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
• Anunoby got up and was just as perplexed as everyone watching the game was.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
• Then make room for the next guest before your perplexed host is tempted to explain that the treat was not meant for you.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Tanya Peterson might be the most perplexed of all — and with good reason.
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2020
• Even Ohtani seemed perplexed by the break on McLean’s sweeper.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
• Farmers are perplexed, the cops are confused, and the crooks are getting richer.
  — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 28 May 2017
• Fanning brings the perplexed heartbreak to Sylvie that the role requires.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
• That’s why Washington has seemed so perplexed over the past 10 days.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2017
• Reporters at the press conference, perplexed, asked Trump about the gap.
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
• When asked how live rounds could have made their way onto the Rust set, Fox remained perplexed.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2021
• Even the photographer seemed perplexed by some of these costumes.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
• Sanders was perplexed that the celebration would garner a fine.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
• Baker says she was left perplexed by the turn of events at a time when the prosecution seemed to be doing so well.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024
• The study may help put to rest a scientific debate that's perplexed researchers for years.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2019
• Just look at the stock market, where perplexed investors have been sending stocks on a wild ride in August.
  — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
• Some of the few tourists who make the trip from Kuala Lumpur, less than an hour’s drive away, are a little perplexed, too.
  — James Hookway, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2018
• The union team sat at tables in front of a collection of red balloons, many with sad, perplexed or angry faces drawn on them.
  — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• This trick even makes the same outfit appear new again and again—and can thus save us many a perplexed minute in the morning in front of the closet.
  — Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 24 July 2023
• Spurrier looked perplexed when the quarterback chest-passed a high shotgun snap off the crossbar for a safety.
  — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2019
• About a year after her injury, perplexed doctors sent her to Mass Eye and Ear.
  — Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020