How to Use bamboozle in a Sentence

bamboozle

verb
Definition of bamboozlenext
Synonyms for bamboozlenext
  • But count on the Ducks finding new and bamboozling ways to lose to the top teams in the North.
    — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2019
  • We got bamboozled into staying in this shack on the beach that had rats running around at night.
    — Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Their unique styles of wing wizardry were once enough to bamboozle the most resolute of defences.
    — SI.com, 19 May 2018
  • Roma enlists Levene to pose as a high-rolling client and the two set about bamboozling poor Mr. Lamb — anything to keep him from scotching the deal.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The Deep State does not want the American people to grasp the extent to which they have been bamboozled by their own government.
    — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 8 July 2019
  • The press, bamboozled by the U.S. government, had shown little interest in the case.
    — Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky.
    — Stephon Alexander, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Jackson and the Ravens completely bamboozled New England’s defense to start the game.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
  • But keep in mind, as substantial as those dollars look, no one is being bamboozled here.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Wilfried Zaha put his side back in front just before half-time, poking home from close-range after bamboozling the Chelsea back-line.
    — SI.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The consumer alert, issued this week, cautioned travelers against getting bamboozled by a deal that may be just too good to be true.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Here's hoping that the present under next year's tree is the satisfaction of knowing that, this time around, voters weren't bamboozled.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The youngest generation is bamboozling its elders with terms all their own.
    — Linda Marx, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Some have led to a fair bit of confusion about the identity of the animal in question — perhaps you’ve even been bamboozled by one or two yourself.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2023
  • Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The winger is widely known for his electric feet along the flank, able to bamboozle defenders to no end, as well as his excellent delivery into the box.
    — SI.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But, as the FDA's focus group already established, soy-milk drinkers aren't being bamboozled.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Reflections, the sun dropping low on the horizon, alternating light and dark patches on the road, not to mention heavy rain or snow, all can bamboozle the machines.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 July 2018
  • Bauer in particular bamboozled Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • But that doesn’t always work; sometimes T cells still aren’t motivated to attack, even if they haven’t been bamboozled.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 July 2017
  • Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines’ contents, these changes might still bamboozle it.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Maggio, a hero at one end, put in an excellent sliding challenge to break up the counter-attack, but his tackle only served to bamboozle his teammates.
    — SI.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision.
    — cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Kris misses Khloé and thinks she was bamboozled into accepting her daughter’s move to Cleveland.
    — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The first goal of the night was a microcosm of Mbappé’s skillset – exploding down the left side of the pitch before bamboozling his defender with some quick feet before lashing it across goal into the bottom corner in the 15th minute.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And yet in an afternoon game in which the Yankees were repeatedly beaten and bamboozled by the elements, Gardner conquered everything — the wind and the Chicago Cubs — with one swing of the bat.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 May 2017
  • Food culture these days may fool you into believing that bacon is the star here — our country is breathless for bacon-wrapped anything — but don't be bamboozled.
    — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • They have been bamboozled into believing that all of the problems in the black community are caused by the shiftless Negroes who would rather flounder in self-pity than pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator.
    — Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2022

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