become puzzled
Frequency: 6.811.4 per million words
To enter a state of confusion; often a gradual process.
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- As the investigation continued, the detectives began to become increasingly puzzled by the lack of evidence.
- She watched the magician perform his tricks, starting to become puzzled by how he managed them.
- The students became puzzled when the teacher presented a problem with no clear solution.
- He tried to explain the complex theory, but his audience became visibly puzzled.
- The more I read the instructions, the more I became puzzled about what to do next.
- After hours of searching, they became puzzled by the disappearance of the artifact.
- The scientist became puzzled when the experimental results did not match the hypothesis.
- As the conversation went on, I could see him become puzzled by my unusual questions.
- The audience became puzzled when the plot of the play took an unexpected turn.
- The child became puzzled when his toy stopped working without any apparent reason.