How to Use boggle in a Sentence

boggle

verb
  • The thought of Young Jean Lee on Broadway is enough to boggle the mind.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
  • The thought of making some random ‘friend’ in a bar or on the bus just boggles the mind.
    Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2019
  • From tip to tip, the rack on Poncho Via spans a mind-boggling 10 ft 7.4 in.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 June 2019
  • The process from tree stump to polished wood is mind-boggling.
    Greg Burnett, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2019
  • The idea at the time boggled the mind, and in hindsight is taken for granted.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Even its enormous storms boggle the mind: the Great Red Spot is big enough to contain the Earth.
    Charley Locke, WIRED, 2 June 2017
  • That he was hired for such a position in the first place is mind-boggling.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • That this hasn’t been announced as a Disney+ series yet boggles the mind.
    Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Ossoff raised a mind-boggling $20 million in the past three months.
    Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
  • Some of the things that President Donald Trump has done have been mind-boggling, to say the least.
    Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2018
  • The areas of public concern for this poor state boggle the mind.
    Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The first way to see just how mind-boggling this shakeup has been is to think about last year’s playoffs.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2018
  • And the sheer amount of time spent airborne over whoops and jumps absolutely boggles the mind.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The self-absorption of Rist and those who bought feathers from him is mind-boggling.
    Mary Ann Gwinn, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2018
  • This isn't the first time that Bregman has been involved in a mind-boggling walk-off play this season.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 July 2018
  • The would-be future face — and mind-boggling right arm — of the Chiefs arrived Friday in Kansas City.
    Vahe Gregorian, kansascity.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • To tweak the settings, go into your subclass menu and let your eyes boggle at all the options.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired, 21 Feb. 2022
  • But in Chicago, the sheer number of options almost boggles the mind.
    Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But then there are places like Chicago, where the sheer number of options almost boggles the mind.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The list was surprisingly short but just as mind-boggling as its price.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Easy pick -- Kizer's mind-boggling sixth in red zone this season.
    Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 17 Dec. 2017
  • The amount of information packed into those pages boggles the mind.
    Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Why Rupert Murdoch didn’t settle this suit like all the others boggles the mind.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Mount Washington is no stranger to mind-boggling winds.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The home prices boggle: Fort Worth’s are up 9 percent, year over year for three years, and are predicted to go up 17 percent in the next three years.
    Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 4 June 2017
  • The musicians Freeman can count as one-time colleagues boggle the mind.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The sheer volume of candidates, though, is mind-boggling.
    Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 2 May 2018
  • The sportswear staple known for its crisp collar and clean cut, has been revamped in ways that boggle the mind and energize the wardrobe.
    Faran Krentcil, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The stories of how African countries got their names ranges from the more mundane, to the fantastical and sometimes even the mind-boggling.
    Ciku Kimeria, Quartz Africa, 6 Oct. 2019
  • The vision of him sitting for a skin consultation boggles the mind.
    Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 19 Sep. 2017

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