How to Use flummox in a Sentence

flummox

verb
  • And, well, the coach was flummoxed.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But one set of parents did something that left me flummoxed.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The old form is in such rare use now as to have left your entire circle flummoxed.
    — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Having been around him his whole life, there’s not a whole lot that flummoxes him.
    — cleveland, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Mills remains as flummoxed as anyone about the state of his errant jumper.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Shinnecock Hills’ small greens, dense rough and all that wind have flummoxed the world’s best all day.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 14 June 2018
  • At the time, the move flummoxed some city and county lawmakers.
    — Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Many of the justices seemed flummoxed by the government’s stance.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2019
  • She wasn’t flummoxed by abrupt changes in circumstance and locale.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The two were flummoxed when asked how outsiders could tell the difference between them.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But the second part of the equation continued to flummox both.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • He was flummoxed, then horrified.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • No one is standing in front of her refrigerator, flummoxed as to where to put the milk.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Stewart appeared equally flummoxed by the idea.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Souza hit the ball high enough to interact with the catwalk and Brugman was flummoxed.
    — John Hickey, The Mercury News, 10 June 2017
  • Weeks later, we’re still flummoxed by our magician’s final trick.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Immune cells, flummoxed by the bloody disguise, largely failed to capture and kill the would-be invaders.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Jokic will shred the double teams and digs that flummoxed Embiid.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
  • They were flummoxed over strange texts from Hegseth, played by Andrew Dismukes.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Even the initial users of Facebook were flummoxed by the feature, but that didn’t stop them from using it.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Mariners, meanwhile, were flummoxed by Rogers through three innings, getting just one hit.
    — Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2018
  • What had flummoxed the other shop took Frank moments to diagnose with a simple spark plug test.
    — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Something about his presence flummoxed her, a feeling that never faded.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Uber rides, new hybrid cars, solar panels and fancy grills are just some of the things that flummox Hank in the first episode.
    — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The two years of tangled litigation that has followed flummoxed those who know Uhlfelder best.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
  • But by the end of the week, which ended with a big sell-off in Friday’s session , we were flummoxed by the decline in yields.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The first episode zeroes in on a woman from Jefferson's younger days who left him publicly flummoxed and tongue-tied.
    — Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Horowitz, understandably flummoxed, pressed further, asking if fans make this request right there on the street.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The muddled messaging left his allies flummoxed.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Five rounds in total, including a music round that often flummoxed but never deterred us.
    — David Oliver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

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