How to Use bamboozle in a Sentence

bamboozle

verb
  • But count on the Ducks finding new and bamboozling ways to lose to the top teams in the North.
    — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2019
  • We got bamboozled into staying in this shack on the beach that had rats running around at night.
    — Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Their unique styles of wing wizardry were once enough to bamboozle the most resolute of defences.
    — SI.com, 19 May 2018
  • Roma enlists Levene to pose as a high-rolling client and the two set about bamboozling poor Mr. Lamb — anything to keep him from scotching the deal.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2019
  • People were bamboozled by the roly-poly big-eyed cuteness — such clips have drawn in millions of viewers.
    — Brian Munoz, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Deep State does not want the American people to grasp the extent to which they have been bamboozled by their own government.
    — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 8 July 2019
  • The press, bamboozled by the U.S. government, had shown little interest in the case.
    — Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
  • If, in the first movie, Arthur was the shy, weird loser rejected by all women, now he’s being bamboozled by one.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky.
    — Stephon Alexander, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Investors, customers and constituents may be bamboozled—but the climate will not be.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Jackson and the Ravens completely bamboozled New England’s defense to start the game.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
  • At trial, Laffitte did not dispute the facts, but claimed he’d been bamboozled by Murdaugh as part of his sprawling scheme.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • But keep in mind, as substantial as those dollars look, no one is being bamboozled here.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Wilfried Zaha put his side back in front just before half-time, poking home from close-range after bamboozling the Chelsea back-line.
    — SI.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The consumer alert, issued this week, cautioned travelers against getting bamboozled by a deal that may be just too good to be true.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Refuse to get bamboozled by someone offering something too good to be true.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Here's hoping that the present under next year's tree is the satisfaction of knowing that, this time around, voters weren't bamboozled.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The youngest generation is bamboozling its elders with terms all their own.
    — Linda Marx, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Son bamboozled his marker with a couple of quick stepovers, dropped his shoulder and drilled a left-footed shot into the bottom corner.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Instead, they are bamboozled by her incredible dexterity at the net or from the back of the court, as well as struggling to read and return her serve.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Some have led to a fair bit of confusion about the identity of the animal in question — perhaps you’ve even been bamboozled by one or two yourself.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2023
  • Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The winger is widely known for his electric feet along the flank, able to bamboozle defenders to no end, as well as his excellent delivery into the box.
    — SI.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But, as the FDA's focus group already established, soy-milk drinkers aren't being bamboozled.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Reflections, the sun dropping low on the horizon, alternating light and dark patches on the road, not to mention heavy rain or snow, all can bamboozle the machines.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 July 2018
  • Bauer in particular bamboozled Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • But the 12 adult jurors in New York who were not bamboozled have set an example going forward for the rest of the country on how to stand up for truth and the American justice system.
    — David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
  • But that doesn’t always work; sometimes T cells still aren’t motivated to attack, even if they haven’t been bamboozled.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 July 2017

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