perplexed

• Noיmi looked perplexed, as though she had not caught the sense of the word she had just heard Yes," said Renיe, "Caen is in Normandy. —  Renée Mauperin
• But, if I make a peace or truce, how dim and perplexed will be the impression of my conduct! —  The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
• I don’ know if I’m goin’ to the house or not,” he replied, walking listlessly away Hosmer looked after the young man, and thought of him for a moment: of his soft voice and gentle manner--perplexed that he should be the same who had expressed in confidence the single regret that he had not been able to kill Joçint more than once Grégoire went directly to the house, and approached that end of the veranda on which Melicent’s room opened. —  At Fault
• `Satisfied!'" she said again, as though the word perplexed her. —  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
• He was terribly perplexed, and, finally, after several days, he determined to go down to the scene of the wreck and demand an explanation It is the proper course to follow," he muttered to himself, one day after breakfast, while brooding alone over the remnants of the meal, "for it would be unjust to allow myself to lie under a false imputation, and it would be equally unjust to allow the McLeods to remain under a false impression. —  Wrecked but not Ruined

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