puzzling
adjective
puz·zling
ˈpə-zə-liŋ 
ˈpəz-liŋ
: difficult to understand or solve
puzzling symptoms
puzzlingly
adverb
Examples of puzzling in a Sentence
The directions are somewhat puzzling.
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But a puzzling fact about the new study is that other aspects of infant health, such as birth weight, did not correlate with the bat declines.
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Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
Even more puzzling was that the signal kept going for nine days.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2024
This is a chaos of stone, a puzzling but iconic landscape in Cochise County in southern Arizona.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
The electoral college, a system of 50 winner-take-all mini-elections, is one of the more puzzling parts of American politics to decide the president.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
Even more puzzling was that the signal kept going for nine days.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2024
This is a chaos of stone, a puzzling but iconic landscape in Cochise County in southern Arizona.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
The electoral college, a system of 50 winner-take-all mini-elections, is one of the more puzzling parts of American politics to decide the president.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for puzzling
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“Puzzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puzzling. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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