Bafflement

He was equable, he was to be relied upon, and withal there was a certain bafflement about him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dick shook his head in bafflement, and glanced at his watch. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One clue to help ease your bafflement is that Khamani has no political or cultural power in the United States, where most Harvard students live. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Before we explore why it is that origin-of-life researchers feel the need to hide their bafflement from the public, it would be useful to demonstrate the truth of Davies observation with a recent paper by Eugene Koonin (HT to Paul Nelson). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Arne scowled in bafflement "With no attention to us?" ❋ Unknown (2004)

And an expression of bafflement so typical of the retarded. ❋ Jonathan Kellerman (1985)

Normally, the inclusion of a Green Lantern comic written by Geoff Johns would make me scratch my head in bafflement, but I’ve seen so many unexpected people say nice things about the book that I might actually have to plop down with a copy at Barnes & Noble and see what all the fuss is about. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The bafflement is due to the fact that the anime’s producers compressed the content of two very dense books — Yukikaze and its sequel, Good Luck, Yukikaze — into roughly three hours of animation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Having 'small latine and lesse greeke' I depend on the translations, and I still recall my bafflement on finding that many of Martial's choicest epigrams were translated by the Loeb editor into Italian! ❋ Unknown (2004)

Save your "bafflement" and "worry" for the things you can actually do something about. ❋ Washingtonpost.com (2010)

He remembered feeling only a kind of bafflement at his maiming in Memphis, nothing at all when he'd killed to defend his dealing interests in Night City, and a slack sickness and loathing after Linda's death under the inflated dome. ❋ Boudreau Freret (2010)

Afterward, Jackson expressed "bafflement" and disappointment over the attack. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Nothing in Stravinsky's letter to Carter about the Piano Concerto suggested "bafflement," as Ross maintained. ❋ Lisa Hirsch (2008)

He was in [complete] bafflement over who this [new girl] was [trying to] be. ❋ Morgan T (2006)