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Definition
to confuse
- The whole business was perplexing, but he couldn't just stand around and wonder about it.Chapters 9-10 (80% in)
- The quick glimpse of Lorena put Dish in such perplexity of spirit that he could hardly focus on the question.Chapters 3-4 (92% in)
- But when Pea's name was added there was a lot of discussion about it, and around that time Deets developed a tremendous case of the sulks—unlike him and perplexing to Call.Chapters 7-8 (55% in)
- "You beat any woman I ever saw for taking the starch out of a man," he said, a little perplexed.Chapters 87-88 (80% in)
- WHEN SALLY AND BETSEY asked her questions about her past, Lorena was perplexed.Chapters 91-92 (48% in)
- "Woodrow don't like to admit that he's like the rest of us," Augustus said, seeing the boy's perplexity.Chapters 93-94 (15% in)
- Call was perplexed.Chapters 101-102 (30% in)
There are no more uses of "perplex" in Lonesome Dove.
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