Sentences with puzzle
puz·zle
P p - My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety. [VERB noun]
- In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose. [VERB + about]
- SYNONYMY NOTE: puzzle implies such a baffling quality or such intricacy, as of a problem, situation, etc., that one has great difficulty in understanding or solving it; , perplex, in addition, implies uncertainty or even worry as to what to think, say, or do; , confuse implies a mixing up mentally to a greater or lesser degree; , confound implies such confusion as completely frustrates or greatly astonishes one; , bewilder implies such utter confusion that the mind is staggered beyond the ability to think clearly; to , nonplus is to cause such perplexity or confusion that one is utterly incapable of speaking, acting, or thinking further; , dumbfound specifically implies as its effect a nonplused or confounded state in which one is momentarily struck speechless
- ...a word puzzle.
- Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists.
- He puzzled over her absence
- He puzzled out the meaning of the inscription
- Did you do the puzzle in the newspaper today?
- Her attitude puzzles me.
- The problem puzzled him for weeks.