Examples of puzzlement in a Sentence
The cause of the accident has been a source of puzzlement.
The explanation only increased their puzzlement.
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Still, imagery and data collected by the probe's instruments are portraying some head-scratching puzzlement.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Still, imagery and data collected by the probe's instruments are portraying some head-scratching puzzlement.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 6 May 2025
My pride from the day before turned to puzzlement, then frustration, and finally embarrassment.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 2 Feb. 2023
The strategy drew puzzlement from economists, who quickly found errors and inconsistencies in how the administration calculated the new tariff rates.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for puzzlement
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“Puzzlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puzzlement. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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puzzlement
noun
puz·zle·ment
ˈpəz-əl-mənt 
1
: the state of being puzzled
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