Wondering how to use Puzzlement in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as bewilderment or muddiness.
Puzzlement meaning
- The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment.
- A puzzle; something baffling.
Synonyms of Puzzlement
Using Puzzlement
- The main meaning on this page is: The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment. | A puzzle; something baffling.
- Useful related words include: bewilderment, muddiness, confusedness, mental confusion.
- In the example corpus, puzzlement often appears in combinations such as: great puzzlement, puzzlement and.
Context around Puzzlement
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Puzzlement
- In this selection, "puzzlement" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great and constant stand out and add context to how "puzzlement" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a great puzzlement and is a puzzlement. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "puzzlement" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with puzzlement
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That is a puzzlement. (4 words)
How one kitchen does all this is a great puzzlement. (10 words)
These are almost bi-polar aspirations, swinging between extremes causing a lot of ‘head-scratching’ and puzzlement. (17 words)
This remains the case today, to the puzzlement and exasperation of western liberals who arrogantly and naively assumed that the development of capitalism in China would bring liberal democracy and a separation of the state from business. (37 words)
It was a source of constant puzzlement to American officials in the 1950s that the Arab states and the Israelis had seemed to have more interest in fighting each other rather than uniting against the Soviet Union. (37 words)
L.E. Ballentine, Quantum Mechanics, A Modern Development, p. 4, explains: When first discovered, particle diffraction was a source of great puzzlement. (22 words)
Example sentences (7)
How one kitchen does all this is a great puzzlement.
That is a puzzlement.
This remains the case today, to the puzzlement and exasperation of western liberals who arrogantly and naively assumed that the development of capitalism in China would bring liberal democracy and a separation of the state from business.
These are almost bi-polar aspirations, swinging between extremes causing a lot of ‘head-scratching’ and puzzlement.
It was a source of constant puzzlement to American officials in the 1950s that the Arab states and the Israelis had seemed to have more interest in fighting each other rather than uniting against the Soviet Union.
L.E. Ballentine, Quantum Mechanics, A Modern Development, p. 4, explains: When first discovered, particle diffraction was a source of great puzzlement.
Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee The introduction of code-letter names has been a source of much puzzlement and misunderstandings, especially among foreigners.
Common combinations with puzzlement
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: