All 6 Uses of
perplex
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O Pioneers!
- He was a little country boy, and this village was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.
Chpt 1.1 *perplexing = confusing
- The two friends stood for a few moments on the windy street corner, not speaking a word, as two travelers, who have lost their way, sometimes stand and admit their perplexity in silence.†
Chpt 1.1
- The light fell upon the two sad young faces that were turned mutely toward it: upon the eyes of the girl, who seemed to be looking with such anguished perplexity into the future; upon the sombre eyes of the boy, who seemed already to be looking into the past.†
Chpt 1.1
- Alexandra drew back, perplexed and hurt.†
Chpt 4.1
- Signa hesitated and looked perplexed.†
Chpt 4.2
- Alexandra took the yellow envelope and looked at it in perplexity, then stepped into the elevator without opening it.†
Chpt 5.2
Definition:
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(perplex) to confuse