All 7 Uses of
perplex
in
Hard Times
- First, the perplexing mystery of the place was, Who belonged to the eighteen denominations?†
Chpt 1.5 *
- 'It would be a fine thing to be you, Miss Louisa!' she said, one night, when Louisa had endeavoured to make her perplexities for next day something clearer to her.†
Chpt 1.9
- In another moment, he stood as he had stood all the time — his usual stoop upon him; his pondering face addressed to Mr. Bounderby, with a curious expression on it, half shrewd, half perplexed, as if his mind were set upon unravelling something very difficult; his hat held tight in his left hand, which rested on his hip; his right arm, with a rugged propriety and force of action, very earnestly emphasizing what he said: not least so when it always paused, a little bent, but not…†
Chpt 1.11
- With a large allowance for difference of tastes, and with all submission to the patricians of Coketown, this seemed so extraordinary a source of interest to take so much trouble about, that it perplexed him.†
Chpt 1.12
- That was not particularly well; for he remained in the greatest perplexity, and, as the hours went on, and no kind of explanation offered itself, his perplexity augmented at compound interest.†
Chpt 3.2
- That was not particularly well; for he remained in the greatest perplexity, and, as the hours went on, and no kind of explanation offered itself, his perplexity augmented at compound interest.†
Chpt 3.2
- Mr. Harthouse's face lengthened in spite of his coolness, and his perplexity increased.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
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(perplex) to confuse