How to Use puzzling in a Sentence

puzzling

adjective

• The directions are somewhat puzzling.
• More puzzling is the metal loop on the side that can work with a strap.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Oct. 2021
• This is a little puzzling to think and see who’s gonna be the next great star.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2018
• That's what made the pall cast over the Giants' opener all the more puzzling.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• Six of those losses came at home, where the Sox are a puzzling 35-43.
  — Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
• But what is most puzzling is the point spread, with the Chargers laying 2.5 points on the road.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
• That looks like a bargain now, yet seemed puzzling when the deal was made in the winter.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 19 July 2019
• More puzzling is the fact that a part of Venom stayed behind.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Jan. 2022
• All the more puzzling then is the mixed White House messaging on moving the bill.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 May 2022
• Two weeks ago Tibesar’s defense gave up 39 points in a puzzling loss at Cal.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2021
• One of the puzzling decisions the Avengers made in Endgame concerns the battle plan.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 11 Oct. 2021
• The most puzzling part of the early season struggles for the Raiders has been the lack of involvement for Adams the past two weeks.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 2 Oct. 2022
• Which made his flustered performance against the Chiefs all the more puzzling.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
• All of this makes some of the recent pronouncements from China all the more puzzling.
  — Frank Lavin, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
• What is more puzzling to them is how SpaceX can make money with Starship.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2019
• Among the many puzzling elements in the killing is the little resistance that the guards appeared to have shown against the killers.
  — Kejal Vyas, WSJ, 20 July 2021
• Among the many complicated aspects of Covid-19, long Covid is one of the most puzzling.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2021
• Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked other puzzling questions.
  — Justin Worland, Time, 29 June 2019
• There is so much discussed about the act of fleeing, but perhaps even more puzzling is the choice to remain.
  — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
• All of this serves as a pleasing, if puzzling, backdrop for the wings — so good that a rival business once tried to hire the chef.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2019
• The San Francisco 49ers started the year with one of the most puzzling backfields in football.
  — Alex Kay, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• Even more puzzling, perhaps, was Brown’s reaction to the news he was released by the Raiders.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 Sep. 2019
• The Sox are a puzzling 12-23 in series openers this season.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022
• But the brown carpet wasn't the only puzzling thing in the bathroom that Twitter users noticed.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 15 July 2020
• But sometimes a bloom might strike a discordant, puzzling or even a very strange note.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
• Brooks wants to find out if maybe those meals are behind some of the puzzling results from last year’s study, such as a loss in muscle mass.
  — Keith Ridler, The Seattle Times, 2 Sep. 2018
• Once on the medication for a couple of months, the most puzzling emotion came over me: anger.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2023
• When a law that governs technology stays on the books for decades, the results can be a puzzling mess.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020
• With 2024 nearly halfway in the can, here are three major takeaways from what has so far been a puzzling year for horror movies.
  — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
• This growth in strategic nuclear forces is the most puzzling part of China’s nuclear buildup.
  — Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024