Boggle is an English word with synonyms like startle or jump. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Boggle meaning
- (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
- To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
- To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
Using Boggle
- The main meaning on this page is: (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle. | To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused. | To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
- Useful related words include: startle, jump, start, hesitate.
- In the example corpus, boggle often appears in combinations such as: boggle the.
Context around Boggle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Boggle
- In this selection, "boggle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, logistics, thoughts and wide stand out and add context to how "boggle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include creatures that boggle the mind and down to boggle wide eyed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "boggle" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with boggle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Such thoughts boggle the mind. (5 words)
But we'll listen anyway like a entire nation slowing down to boggle wide-eyed at a car wreck. (19 words)
The world is filled with creatures that boggle the mind, tickle the imagination, induce nightmares, or all of the above. (20 words)
Ellie is in her own little world as Joel calls out to her, excited to show her that he found some cans of the Chef Boyardee he knows she likes, and a game of Boggle he thought they could play. (40 words)
Hank doesn't get why Boggle is such a big deal, but Peggy sets her husband straight by explaining how the game contrasts with a favorite activity in Arlen: cow Bingo. (31 words)
I’m often amused to read national rankings of cities so out of whack with reality they boggle the mind of anyone who has ever lived in or visited those cities. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
Ellie is in her own little world as Joel calls out to her, excited to show her that he found some cans of the Chef Boyardee he knows she likes, and a game of Boggle he thought they could play.
He painstakingly storyboarded the drama to include complex camerawork and lighting schemes, evocative POVs, and an uninterrupted seven-minute take whose logistics boggle the mind.
Hank doesn't get why Boggle is such a big deal, but Peggy sets her husband straight by explaining how the game contrasts with a favorite activity in Arlen: cow Bingo.
Such thoughts boggle the mind.
The world is filled with creatures that boggle the mind, tickle the imagination, induce nightmares, or all of the above.
But we'll listen anyway like a entire nation slowing down to boggle wide-eyed at a car wreck.
She’ll face more pushback on the whole Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) situation, and it’ll just boggle her mind.
If I could bring my parents back from the dead right now, I know that this country in its present state would boggle their minds.
I’m often amused to read national rankings of cities so out of whack with reality they boggle the mind of anyone who has ever lived in or visited those cities.
Common combinations with boggle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: