bamboozled

past tense of bamboozle
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bamboozled
Verb
  • And don’t be fooled by spotless sheets.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Our members aren’t going to be fooled by PR spin.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He was baffled as if there does not appear to be any point of access for an animal the size of a ground hog.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • She was baffled by his sudden enterprise.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To stop this quarterback, Mizzou can’t get tricked by his illusions.
    Chase Gemes, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Another legend explains how in the distant past, the nefarious Lake Nyos was formed from the decomposing body of a Kom chief whose people had been tricked and murdered by the Bamessi tribe.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Actors’ Equity membership puzzled me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators say they are puzzled why the culprits left behind the colossal, 140-carat Regent diamond, which has been valued at $60 million.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Despite being deceived, Stone, who dated Garfield for four years, conceded that the actor's dedication to the secret was honorable.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • According to Chinese sources, one of its electronic warfare (EW) systems has successfully deceived a foreign spy plane over the South China Sea.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gelles avoids lionizing Patagonia’s leader, describing Chouinard’s mercurial leadership style that often bewildered his staff at Patagonia.
    Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The sense of arbitrariness that had previously bewildered and frustrated me was drowned out by excitement and sheer aesthetic pleasure.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Illston appeared frustrated and perplexed by the government's unwillingness to engage on the merits during the hearing.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The 18 runs plundered off one over was the most Jasprit Bumrah had ever conceded in Tests, leaving the bowler perplexed as he was replaced.
    Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One of the higher-ups felt my title Stairway to Heaven would be confused with the 1939 movie of the same name.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix’s co-CEOs then confused Wall Street by not slamming the door on a possible bid.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
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