All 7 Uses of
perplex
in
Story of My Life
- My parents were deeply grieved and perplexed.
Chpt 3 *perplexed = confused or puzzled
- Mr. Gilman at first agreed to this; but when my tasks had become somewhat perplexing, he insisted that I was overworked, and that I should remain at his school three years longer.†
Chpt 19perplexing = confusing due to complexity
- I was sorely perplexed, and felt discouraged wasting much precious time, especially in algebra.†
Chpt 19perplexed = confused or puzzled
- The signs, which I had so lately learned, and which I thought I knew, perplexed me.†
Chpt 19
- The manual part takes longer, and I have perplexities which they have not.†
Chpt 20perplexities = things that confuse
- It is most perplexing and exasperating that just at the moment when you need your memory and a nice sense of discrimination, these faculties take to themselves wings and fly away.†
Chpt 20perplexing = confusing due to complexity
- The perplexities, irritations and worries that have absorbed us pass like unpleasant dreams, and we wake to see with new eyes and hear with new ears the beauty and harmony of God's real world.†
Chpt 23perplexities = things that confuse
Definition:
to confuse