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Definition of Puzzle over
1. Verb. Try to solve.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puzzle Over
Literary usage of Puzzle over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ellen Middleton: A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton (1846)
"It is because she unites the most contrary extremes, and leaves you to puzzle
over them; because she sails into the room, with her little stately manner, ..."
2. Basildon: The Mood of the Nation by Dennis Hayes, Alan Hudson (2001)
"... there will still be a need for democrats to puzzle over how to recreate and
renew the civic and political institutions that are the backbone of a ..."
3. The Traditions of European Literature: From Homer to Dante by Barrett Wendell (1920)
"puzzle over that prose a little and you will soon discover that it ... Then turn
back to the Vita Nuova, and puzzle over the less massive prose tobe found ..."
4. The Traditions of European Literature: From Homer to Dante by Barrett Wendell (1920)
"puzzle over that prose a little and you will soon discover that it ... Then turn
back to the Vita Nuova, and puzzle over the less massive prose to be found ..."
5. The Traditions of European Literature: From Homer to Dante by Barrett Wendell (1920)
"puzzle over that prose a little and you will soon discover that it ... Then turn
back to the Vita Nuova, and puzzle over the less massive prose to be found ..."
6. The Young Lady's Friend by John Farrar (1836)
"Be as willing to puzzle over a riddle, as to give one out. ... If you do not know
it, and do not like to puzzle over it, do not insist on being told what it ..."
7. The Young Lady's Friend by John Farrar (1837)
"Be as willing to puzzle over a riddle, as to give one out. ... If you do not know
it, and do not like to puzzle over it, do not insist on being told what it ..."
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