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Examples of puzzlement in a Sentence
The cause of the accident has been a source of puzzlement.
The explanation only increased their puzzlement.
Recent Examples on the Web
As for what Lin is walking into, Netflix’s structure has long been a source of Hollywood puzzlement.
—
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2024
Inevitably more Daniel Cleavers followed, and each time I was left in a sort of stunned puzzlement at the way men behaved toward me.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
Before the nominations, there were whispers that snobbery would derail the film’s Oscar hopes, but the results show some puzzlement on the part of Academy voters.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2024
As the slew of colorful floats and balloons made their way through the streets of New York City Thursday morning, many viewers took to social media to express their puzzlement as to why so many inflatables seemed to have a lack of air.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
Our hesitation and puzzlement might come from our association of chocolate with candy and desserts.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2023
But that prime location is a puzzlement to the theater’s critics, who question why an organization with a shaky financial history and damaged reputation has a sweetheart deal with the city of Orlando.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 Sep. 2023
The robot perpetually looks to and fro inside the nursery where the play unfolds on a floor of blue leaves, studying the humans and sometimes appearing to react to their behavior with puzzlement or withering disapproval.
—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
But other governments, including Germany, suggested that their offers of assistance had been met with silence, causing puzzlement and consternation, given the size of the challenge and the shrinking time left to find survivors.
—Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2024
Inevitably more Daniel Cleavers followed, and each time I was left in a sort of stunned puzzlement at the way men behaved toward me.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
Before the nominations, there were whispers that snobbery would derail the film’s Oscar hopes, but the results show some puzzlement on the part of Academy voters.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2024
As the slew of colorful floats and balloons made their way through the streets of New York City Thursday morning, many viewers took to social media to express their puzzlement as to why so many inflatables seemed to have a lack of air.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
Our hesitation and puzzlement might come from our association of chocolate with candy and desserts.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2023
But that prime location is a puzzlement to the theater’s critics, who question why an organization with a shaky financial history and damaged reputation has a sweetheart deal with the city of Orlando.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 Sep. 2023
The robot perpetually looks to and fro inside the nursery where the play unfolds on a floor of blue leaves, studying the humans and sometimes appearing to react to their behavior with puzzlement or withering disapproval.
—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
But other governments, including Germany, suggested that their offers of assistance had been met with silence, causing puzzlement and consternation, given the size of the challenge and the shrinking time left to find survivors.
—Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Puzzlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puzzlement. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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puzzlement
noun
puz·zle·ment
ˈpəz-əl-mənt 
1
: the state of being puzzled
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