puzzlement

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• A common reaction to stories of athlete mental health struggles is puzzlement.

• Elation turned to puzzlement as six infected nuns who received infusions all died.

• The inappropriate gift to the queen, an iPod loaded with 40 show tunes, provoked puzzlement.

• In the aftermath, the euphoria of election night gave way to depression, anxiety, and genuine puzzlement.

• In his old age he became an ardent spiritualist, much to my surprise and puzzlement, and he died in that faith.

• Scientists began giving serious consideration to the unusual phenomenon, pottering around in the pits, wearing airs of puzzlement.

• Much to the speaker's surprise, there followed an interval of silence, and his puzzlement showed in the knitting of his brows.

• Mel knowed; a state of puzzlement or even a good mad's a mighty sight better than bein' all harrowed up and grief-stricken.

• I was looked upon with some doubt, and scanned from hurrying cars with puzzlement.