A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures.
Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
I shall not live to behold the unravelling of the intricate plot which saddens and perplexes the awful drama of Providence now acting on the moral theatre of the world.
It is only in Hyperion that Keats habitually thus puts the noun Latin-wise before the adjective: and the omens that 'perplex' are derived from the eclipse which in Paradise Lost 'with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
They are the solution of every problem, the clearing up of every inconsistency that perplexes us.
I know we shall be happy when this business no longerperplexes him and he has a little leisure.
What thought so perplexes that wise little face," asks her husband.
But this style of monstrous building perplexes as much by its general diffusion, as by the magnitude of its several instances.
It perplexes me," said Hilda thoughtfully, and shrinking a little; "neither do I quite like to think about it.
Praxiteles has subtly diffused throughout his work that mute mystery, which so hopelessly perplexes us whenever we attempt to gain an intellectual or sympathetic knowledge of the lower orders of creation.
I wish you would; and as it is a question which perplexes Mrs. Bradley no less than myself, I will fetch her, if you will excuse me for a few minutes.
This difference of interpretation, which sceptics often bring forward as a plausible argument against the Divine origin of the Bible, very frequently perplexes conscientious believers.
The neurosis is an unsuccessful attempt of the individual to solve in his own bosom the sexual question which perplexes the whole of human society.
The handwriting on the label, whichperplexes you, is an allusion not only to his authorship but to the difficulties in the way of your own contribution to the science of dream interpretation.
A harsh, abrupt, and dislocated manner irritates and perplexeshim by its sudden jerks.
She has resisted every offer of kindness, my dear child, and it is the difficulty as to what course to pursue, to compel submission and confession, that so grieves and perplexes me.
I do not agree with you, for I rather think she has both seen and felt it before either of us, and that because it so grieves and perplexes her, she can not speculate or even speak about it as we do.
The striking inferiority of several of these latter Discourses in point of style, as compared with the first 150 pages of this volume, perplexes me.
No one point in the New Testament perplexesme so much as these (so called) miraculous gifts.
It is not, however, till the Gaonic period that a whole apocryphal literature suddenly emerges whichperplexes the Gaonim themselves.
There is one point however which yet perplexes me; therefore I must beg the favour of you to explain it; that is, I cannot comprehend how it is possible for you to live or move in water without being drowned.
It perplexes you if you begin to think about it, and the more you think, the more it perplexes you, and, consequently, the stronger the hold it seizes on you.
Our dear, anxious mother perplexes herself much as to what it will all lead to.
The devil, transforming himself into an angel of light, perplexes me with the very words of Scripture.
This perplexes us, but perhaps we shall understand it, like so many other things, when we are older.
One thing perplexes me, Tom: if thou sawest mistress Dorothy in the court with the roundhead, how came she thereafter, thinkest thou, locked up in his chamber?
She and I are both strangers, and have no acquaintance in this town, which much perplexes me.
But the other which so perplexes our teachers of nescience, is, it must be owned, as to its contents a somewhat vague residuum.
The only point that perplexes me is how to account to Audley Egerton, to my parents, to the world, for the power of purchasing it.
If not--ah, he is of a character that perplexes me in all but his worldly ambition; and how can we foreigners influence him through THAT?
He does not feed on the public; a great many of the public feed upon him: and, therefore, his practical experience a little staggers and perplexes Lenny Fairfield as to the gospel accuracy of his theoretical dogmas.
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Some hope arises when we observe that this experience which so perplexes us is fully acknowledged in the Bible.
Granted that now he sees in a mirror darkly, that many a cruel event in human life perplexes still--he has seen enough to give solid standing to his faith.
The major difficulty which perplexes many Christians, when they try to reconcile God's love with their experience, is not belief's irrationality but life's injustice.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "perplexes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
