Noun : Did you do the puzzle in the newspaper today?. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : Her attitude puzzles me. ,The problem puzzled him for weeks. From Dictionary.com.
The phrase puzzled me since my father was so fastidious about not touching anyone. From Wordnik.com. [Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime] Reference
Being "puzzled" is nothing new for the current administraion in the White House. From Wordnik.com. [Perino on McClellan] Reference
The two stood gazing at it a moment in puzzled silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Slipper Point Mystery] Reference
They weren't unlike her own eyes, only their expression puzzled. From Wordnik.com. [Rose O'Paradise] Reference
The fanciful title puzzled, and did not altogether please, the public. From Wordnik.com. [James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters] Reference
His slang puzzled the girl not a little; but the red-headed one explained. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
She spread it on the table while the three bent over it in puzzled wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Junior] Reference
Mr. Leonard forgot his heart-break and listened to it in puzzled amazement. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
A phrase puzzled me the other day -- in an English novel, as a matter of fact. From Wordnik.com. [Flash For Freedom]
Where the historian finds himself puzzled is in the methods that were pursued. From Wordnik.com. [The Struggle For Europe] Reference
I have been puzzled from the outset at the lack of national intereest in this campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Rasmussen: Coakley/Brown 50/41. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
Everybody has used the word puzzled over and over and over again, which is sort of fascinating. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2008] Reference
But that term puzzled some board members, who worried the developers might be hedging their bet. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
Letty was standing in the open doorway, her flaming eyes wide, her expression puzzled and wounded. From Wordnik.com. [The Dust Flower] Reference
And then she stopped short, for the next word puzzled her greatly. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
Surely it had been staring back at her: Its expression puzzled her. From Wordnik.com. [The Metrognome and other Stories]
His very next phrase puzzled me -- "with 3500 inhabitants," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Lads] Reference
Its peculiar expression puzzled me, and I kept trying to study it out. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
The last word puzzled her, for it seemed to apply to nothing in particular. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
And I’m just plain puzzled why the CIA is in the drone-flying business anyway. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Clandestine Military Operations] Reference
Colony Collapse Disorder is endangering America's crops and scientists remain puzzled. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
But I remain puzzled and uneasy. From Wordnik.com. [Some Continental Puzzles] Reference
And I think the audience was kind of puzzled by it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2007] Reference
Once again ... there is nothing to be 'puzzled' about. From Wordnik.com. [In An Interview With TPM, Krugman Ramps Up Case Against Obama] Reference
Spider experts are kind of puzzled over this massive web. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007] Reference
If you are "puzzled," that's your own deficiency, not his. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. John Lewis Compares McCain To George Wallace] Reference
BECK: Thrilled, stunned, kind of puzzled that you ` re here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2007] Reference
JC: He changed the last verse, so I was kind of puzzled by that. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Ragogna: Paradise & Little Vigils: Conversations with Judy Collins and That Guy Mark Erelli] Reference
BTW - am I the only one kind of puzzled by the Wesley Clark anecdote?. From Wordnik.com. ["A License to Blog?"] Reference
Her eldest daughter inspired Lizabetha with a kind of puzzled compassion. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
They're kind of puzzled as to why a governor of a state would be doing that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008] Reference
But in the beginning it's very -- kind of puzzled, and the color is quite dark. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2002] Reference
He gave me a "puzzled" look and insisted "Yeah, whatever, but what's a sick leaf?". From Wordnik.com. [Watch out for those assumptions] Reference
But Collins said she is "puzzled" as to why the administration is not cooperating. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Senator threatens Obama administration with subpoenas] Reference
He was just awfully "puzzled" by the sight of a kidnap victim giving a propaganda statement. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
So, we was kind of puzzled, you know, why he didn't use -- why he didn't use his notebook pad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2006] Reference
At present he was divided by annoyance with his adopted daughter and a kind of puzzled curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
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