Like other public officials, Mr. Davis is somewhat baffled at the lack of interest in his work and the workings of local school boards.

The diplomats were obviously somewhat baffled by this exchange, and the astronomer refused to be drawn.

For its part, Next seemed somewhat baffled by Ammirati's move.

The powers-that-be were somewhat baffled by Chelyuskin's comparative youth.

As a reader of The New Criterion, I am somewhat baffled by these words.

For now, those groups were holding their fire, somewhat baffled by the administration's statement that about 60 stem cell lines were available for research.

But he acknowledges being somewhat baffled by the market right now.

Department store executives confessed to be somewhat baffled by the trend.

He admitted that he was somewhat baffled by what young women were wearing in Paris these days.

Her accent thickened when she was on a roll, he noted, somewhat baffled by her claim.