as in fumbled
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta
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Recent Examples of boggled
The magician boggled audiences with his card tricks and fantastical illusions.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
They are boggled even more when told that the Fed creating a new $10,000 out of nothing for one borrowing bank could increase the total national money supply, currency plus bank deposits, several times.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
They are boggled even more when told that the Fed creating a new $10,000 out of nothing for one borrowing bank could increase the total national money supply, currency plus bank deposits, several times.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boggled
Verb
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Last year, Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor celebrated prematurely and fumbled the ball through the back of the end zone on what was going to be a 41-yard TD run.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Slightly concerning given that Mims has already fumbled one punt this season.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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Gausman released a roar from the dugout as Varland blew his fastball by Stanton.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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A couple of years after the fire, a tornado blew through and took out the north side of the street.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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All the problems getting into the ground ruined the trip a bit.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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In 1950s Washington, the moral entrepreneurs were members of Congress and expert witnesses who labeled people Soviet collaborators and ruined many of their lives.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Also dubbed Prime Big Deal Days, the mega-store announced that the event will take place on October 7 and 8.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Quarter is what is dubbed, in the UK, a ‘mixed-use neighborhood’.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Just one day before conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression published their annual survey of campus free speech scores.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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The drama follows Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as a detective called in to investigate the 1987 massacre of four scientists brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Boggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boggled. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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