verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
look
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He was eating Marmite straight from the jar and looking perplexed .
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At this overture, Alice looked perplexed .
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For a moment he just stared at me, looking rather perplexed .
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Several justices looked perplexed by that answer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The question of how the murderer had gained entry to the house perplexed the police for several weeks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a moment he just stared at me, looking rather perplexed.
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In a school gymnasium full of caucus-goers in Des Moines, Dole inadvertently coined the best phrase of this perplexing campaign.
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She didn't smile and this perplexed me because I knew she liked our Mary.
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She seemed perplexed by the question.
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Solly's climb was to perplex and stretch the best climbers for decades.
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The dream is brief but perplexing.
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The Judge, accustomed to hearing unconventional job descriptions, none the less appeared perplexed.
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What surprised and perplexed me was how authentic, and therefore how riveting, it turned out to be.