How to Use befuddle in a Sentence

befuddle

verb

• And at least a scorching April and May have helped buoy a befuddling June.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
• These are the ones that befuddle the mind and are more likely the source of fender-benders.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2021
• But those slight changes aren’t enough to befuddle the machines in use today, for the most part.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2015
• For the second time in three days Utah’s Mariah Lopez befuddled the Ducks.
  — oregonlive, 7 May 2023
• So if you are ever befuddled by any of this, just look for a trail of control.
  — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 7 June 2018
• Of course, the mistakes were part of the script, but viewers seemed befuddled by the presentation.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
• Thompson laid off a curveball on the 12th pitch to draw the walk, a pitch that befuddles hitters when Lodolo is pitching at his best.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2023
• As Phoenix was blown out in the series' first two games in Denver, Williams was befuddled to find the right rotations that could work.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
• Walden isn’t the only one in Savannah befuddled about the timing of Pence’s trip.
  — Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2018
• Befuddled by the process, and fearing there was another shoe to drop, Ali did nothing for about a month.
  — Michael Matza, Philly.com, 16 June 2017
• The carpet got rolled out on Sunday following a second-and-goal play from the 7-yard line, in the red zone, the area of the field as befuddling to the Browns as a Rubik’s Cube.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2019
• Detroit tallied just three hits all game and was befuddled by A’s starter Chris Bassitt and Oakland’s bullpen.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2018
• So the Dolphins don’t just lose the wise, old man who’s been up the mountain but a guide to the position that’s befuddled this franchise for a couple of decades.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2019
• The answer came as silence from their peers, befuddled.
  — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• The better response is to befuddle the attacker or change the subject.
  — Steve Milloy, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
• When asked about the shot, Alcaraz recalled the joy of hitting it and befuddling his opponent.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• And then there are the everyday citizens of Greenville, who are mostly befuddled by the whole thing — and, at times, scared and annoyed.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Then up came Anderson, who was befuddled by a change-up earlier in the game.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017
• Some of the details in these stories are wrenching and revealing, and some are befuddling.
  — Matthew Thompson Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• The two towers of the cathedral’s façade seem to have befuddled the image recognition system.
  — Alex Webb | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2019
• When Rollin asks whether that might be dangerous, Hite looks befuddled.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• Stepin Fetchit acts like a shuffling, befuddled fool, and because of this many of Perry’s films have been deemed offensive.
  — Danielle Jackson, Longreads, 15 Sep. 2017
• Gwyneth Paltrow's walk across the Emmys stage last night befuddled the Internet.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Sep. 2019
• He was befuddled by their approach and wondered why video wasn’t part of the conversation.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Jan. 2024
• Ever see a bill and become befuddled about some random fee?
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• The present gridlock is befuddling parents around the country whose kids are dependent on CHIP.
  — Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2017
• No stores have it -- a supply and demand ratio that’s befuddled both consumers and retailers over the past month.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 Apr. 2020
• The Lions, caught off guard and befuddled, declined comment.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2019
• While the menu’s lack of cohesion left me slightly befuddled, there is much promise to the dishes coming out of Shahar’s kitchen.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2020
• Remember the underhand serve and moon balls that befuddled 3-time champion Ivan Lendl in the fourth round?
  — OregonLive.com, 27 June 2017

Last Updated: 28 May 2024