Sample sentences for BAFFLE - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
baffled her

Definition

to completely confuse someone

She looked baffled by the question.

baffled = completely confused

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Doctors are baffled by her symptoms.

baffled = completely confused

"'Tis no use, William," she repeated.
At the door he turned and looked back, his face baffled and unhappy.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

baffled = at a loss as to what to do

Dr. David was also baffled why they weren't coming.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

baffled = unable to understand

No wonder his father had been so baffled by him.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

baffled = completely confused

In the baffled silence I began to uncoil slowly.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

baffled = confused

— we all talked at once to a baffled clerk and thought, or pretended to think, that we were being very funny ....
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

baffled = confused

I was still baffled by it all.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

baffled = completely confused

Many aspects of Chris's personality baffled his parents.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

baffled = completely confused

"Whas moo g-goo g-gipn?" Chris asked, baffled by the strange words on the menu.
Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game

baffled = confused

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2 —as in:
acoustic baffle

Definition

something constructed to control the flow of sound or fluid

The car's tail pipe has an acoustic baffle to reduce noise.

baffle = something constructed to control the flow of sound or fluid

Other Uses (with this meaning)

From here it goes into the baffle tank, then over to the warming pan, and finally into the settling tank.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

baffle = something constructed to control the flow of fluid

Sugar-Girl nudged Otis with her elbow, and he stepped up and helped them get her situated between the extractor and the baffle tank.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

baffle = something constructed to control the flow of fluid

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Less commonly:

Less commonly, baffles is used to describe the area in the water directly behind a submarine or ship where hull-mounted sonar cannot hear because of the dynamic of ship design and water flow.

Even less commonly there are other technical uses of the word baffle relating to medicine, heat transfer, and mechanics.

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