as in baffled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script
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Recent Examples of flummoxed
Stewart appeared equally flummoxed by the idea.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Their party is out of power in Washington, flummoxed by low approval ratings, and still debating the decisions that cost it the 2024 election.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The Panthers flummoxed Atlanta quarterback Michael Penix Jr.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
But one set of parents did something that left me flummoxed.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Their party is out of power in Washington, flummoxed by low approval ratings, and still debating the decisions that cost it the 2024 election.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The Panthers flummoxed Atlanta quarterback Michael Penix Jr.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
But one set of parents did something that left me flummoxed.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flummoxed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flummoxed
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At a vigil for the two on Sunday night, friends and family were baffled by the killing, the Allentown Morning Call reported.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Scientists are also baffled by how the planet could have formed at all.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Although puzzled, Aisha answered honestly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Like his wife, Moore was puzzled when their friend didn’t show up to eat dinner.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Coaches and talent evaluators, both inside the Raiders’ facility and around the league, have been perplexed by the lack of creativity and production.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Country fans were perplexed as to why Johnson, revered for his commitment to traditional country, had gone mostly dark in the studio during that time.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Farmers’ Almanac will be gone for good after its final 2026 edition, not to be confused with The Old Farmer's Almanac, a separate publication.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Blue Origin also launches New Shepard from Texas The New Glenn spacecraft is not to be confused with Blue Origin's much smaller New Shepard rocket that the company launches from West Texas on brief trips taking paying passengers high above Earth's atmosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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But unlike his Sophoclean namesake, Orestes is bewildered by this escalation and refuses.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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In April, the president was among those bewildered by his fall.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Flummoxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flummoxed. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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