mystify

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• A former Capitol policeman well-versed in his agency’s procedures was mystified by the scene he watched unfold on live television.

• Law enforcement experts said they were mystified by the tactics that police used once the mob was already inside the Capitol.

• Indeed the fact that Mnuchin and Pelosi had continued negotiating as long as they did had mystified much of Washington.

• The state agency thinks she’s still on payroll, which mystifies her.

• He does things that mystify her, too, which I think is true of all relationships.

• How does suicide in the ranks continue to mystify the much-vaunted and ever-powerful U.S. military?

• The result was to deepen and mystify a simple political remark.

• It can only mislead and mystify and the greater part of the literature is a mere jumble of inaccurate and mystifying statements.

• By-and-by, having had his glass––and still with the puzzle of myself to mystify his poor wits––Tom Bull departed.

• "The more we mystify them, the more they will fear us," said the doctor.

• Nothing, indeed, has tended to deceive and mystify the public mind more than the arbitrary conjunction of names.

• He sat down and wrote one of those short, clear-cut articles which served to amuse and mystify the public.