seem puzzled
Frequency: 8.222.0 per million words
Used to suggest someone appears to be confused.
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Examples (10)
- He began to seem puzzled by the complicated instructions.
- When I asked him about his past, he seemed puzzled.
- The students seemed puzzled by the teacher's sudden change of topic.
- She seemed puzzled when I mentioned the missing file.
- Despite his confident demeanor, he seemed puzzled by the simple question.
- The detective seemed puzzled by the lack of clues at the crime scene.
- They seemed puzzled by the unexpected result of the experiment.
- Even after the explanation, the child seemed puzzled.
- The normally articulate politician seemed puzzled by the reporter's question.
- He seemed puzzled about why his application was rejected.