If I said he never did baffle me, I would be wrong, of course, for sometimes the utter simplicity of the puzzles which trouble him leads me into an intricate involution entirely unnecessary in the circumstances.
Now, however grotesque a piece of writing may be, you can sometimes decipher it by holding it at various angles, as those puzzles are solved which remain a mystery when gazed at direct.
Moreover, we are assured that the puzzles and hidden allusions contained in these messages are not more difficult than literary scholars are accustomed to; that, indeed, they are precisely of similar order.
The relation of Parliament, and especially of the House of Commons, to the executive Government is the specific peculiarity of our Constitution, and an event which frequently happens much puzzles some people as to it.
This is the explanation of the anomaly which puzzles many clever lords.
I know how to manage a brave man, but a coward puzzles me; therefore, we'll see whether you marry my sister or not.
Wallingford, your language puzzles me; give me time to think.
Ed, there is the thing that puzzles me; she acts so strangely in the matter.
Well, that's what puzzles me," returned Peter, rubbing his nose with an air of perplexity.
In these Puzzles the idea we have propounded will be found carried out with slight modification.
Solutions to Puzzles must be accompanied by certificates from a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person, stating that they are the sole and unaided work of the competitor.
I don't mention the difference in manner because I care twopence about it, but to point out an inconsistency which puzzles me--perhaps I should say which did puzzle me at first.
The thing that puzzles me is that you could not keep it up better when you had trapped me into meeting you.
One thing puzzles the prosecuting attorney, and troubles the mind of Jasper Lamotte.
There's a something about this case that puzzles me, and some queer ideas are drifting through my head, but for the present I shall keep them there.
What you tell me about your reading puzzles me a little.
Said of a teacher who puzzles a scholar with difficult questions, and thereby causes him to fail.
Ellen has always been singularly conscientious about this matter, insofar as her light goes,--which rather puzzles me, as hers is not exactly a magnanimous nature.
But his toleration on this one point puzzles me, quite apart from other complications.
Illustration] Every player is conscious of one particular length that puzzles him,--of one point between himself and the bowler, in which he would rather that the ball should not pitch.
COVER-POINT and LONG-SLIP are both difficult places; the ball comes so fast and curling, that it puzzles even the best man.
These are not length balls, not pitched at that critical length which puzzles the judgment as to whether to play forward or back, as will presently be explained.
It puzzles me; it rather frightens me; it's like a threatening shadow which one can't get hold of.
She only says that he puzzles her, and that she will not tell me what her impression of him is until I have seen him, and formed my own opinion first.
Whether this reception of his little opening speech--so carefully prepared--puzzles or nettles Mr. Beauclerk there is no way of learning.
Something in her manner, in the half-defiant light in her eyes, puzzles Beauclerk.
I do not know what to say, this pencil is not like what he writes in general; it being in pencil puzzles me more than any thing else.
That it is which puzzles me more than any thing, its being in pencil.
It puzzles me why your enemy did not run you through the heart the other night.
Your reason for supporting this traitor puzzles me more and more.
For all the lovely dolls and marvelous toys and enticing games and beautiful pictures and fascinating puzzles made a person think that Santa Claus's shop and fairyland and magic were all mixed up together and set down in one place.
The letter puzzles for place cards proved to be lots of fun and filled in the time while Mrs. Merrill brought in the plates of good things to eat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "puzzles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
