Perplexing

Examples

• The East came to the Western capitals with perplexing demands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Honorius was succeeded by Gregory IX (1227), who evidently came to the papal throne with a nervous resolution to master this perplexing young man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such an elaborately developed, perplexing, exciting dream was certainly never dreamed by a girl in Eustacia's situation before. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• By far the most perplexing of these new manufacturing problems was the lamp. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If his progress downward had been attended with difficulties and uncertainty, his journey back was infinitely more perplexing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We read in Hue's Travels how perplexing he and his fellow missionary found this possession of a common tradition of worship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was a brilliant elucidation of what had been utterly perplexing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As to his shirt-collar, and his coat-collar, they were perplexing to reflect upon,--insoluble mysteries both. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• His return created a perplexing position for any honest Frenchman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This machine has practically solved the perplexing problem of separating impurities and foreign substances from chicle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They are somewhat perplexing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Here is no path, I said, and the wood is dark and perplexing; still we must push on. Plato. The Republic.
• He was confronted at the very outset of his reign in Germany with the perplexing dissensions of Christendom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Thoroughly used to him as he was, he found something new and strained in him that was for the moment perplexing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In many respects the attainment of these somewhat conflicting ends was the most perplexing of the problems which confronted Mr. Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A most perplexing person. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• There were perplexing cases, of course, as when a young Whitechapel Jew had to decide whether he belonged to the British or the Jewish nation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Holmes was silent and buried in thought with a pained expression upon his face, as one who finds himself in a perplexing position. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• To Lily this attitude was the most ominous, because the most perplexing, element in the situation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• If the world was full of perplexing problems she would trust, and only ask to see the one step needful for the hour. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The accompanying diagram will aid us in understanding this rather perplexing subject. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is most perplexing, and well deserves its name. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• These facts are very perplexing, for they seem to show that this kind of variability is independent of the conditions of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The numerous important, wonderful, and curious accomplishments of human skill and ingenuity during the present century render preference perplexing, where so many deserve description. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• First, the perplexing mystery of the place was, Who belonged to the eighteen denominations? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

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