All 3 Uses of
baffle
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- "When I hear you give your reasons," I remarked, "the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you explain your process.†
Chpt 1
- Some, too, have baffled his analytical skill, and would be, as narratives, beginnings without an ending, while others have been but partially cleared up, and have their explanations founded rather upon conjecture and surmise than on that absolute logical proof which was so dear to him.†
Chpt 5
- Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(baffle as in: baffled her) to completely confuse someone