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How to use boggle in a sentence

18 example sentences · verb, noun

Boggle means (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle. Example: “The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.”

Examples of boggle by meaning

verb(literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.

  • The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.
  • The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination.
  • He boggled at arranging for bread to be left daily at some place within easy walking distance, but let that go.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 18

verbTo be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

  • He boggled at the surprising news.
  • The mind boggles.

verbTo confuse or mystify; overwhelm.

  • The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
  • The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.
  • For a moment he marvelled at the vastness of the toe-sized teats boggling him, then he stuttered, ‘Goo’ bye.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 110

More sentences with boggle

  • In their bedroom I found a wetsuit and handcuffs. The mind boggles!From the entry the mind boggles
  • Every week the Sunday Times names and shames a mampara—generally a public figure who has said or done something so idiotic that it boggles the mind.From the entry mampara
  • Still boggles me that some people on here are genuinely too young to remember Sparta remixes.2016 December 23, @Kolology, Twitter. From the entry Sparta remix
  • It boggles my mind that no one has made a movie called Amityville Terror by now.2016 April 1, Steve Barton, “Spooky First Look at the Amityville Terror”, in Dread Central. From the entry mockbust
  • "Sometimes known as a boggle or a boggart.2018 June 5, Jim Butcher, Brief Cases: The Dresden Files, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry boggart
  • I have visions of a Zeropolis so technologically superior to what you've put together so far that it will boggle your mind.2015, Brandon Mull, Crystal Keepers, →ISBN, page 430. From the entry technomancer
  • The Kyoto Protocol proposes other issues, such as adaptation, complementarity, capacity-building and other climatespeak that would boggle people not in the know.2000, Indigenous Perspectives, page 59. From the entry climatespeak
  • As Rick wrote from Africa, “The whole idea is so boggling' and awesome that it is almost too much to get nervous about.1984, Joan Scobey, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, St. Martin’s/Marek, page 101. From the entry boggling
  • Her friends were boggled by how long it took her to plunk out simple texts, but Kate says she learned skills her peers have never had to master.2025 September 6, Catherine Pearson, “She Started the Debate About Kids and Phones. Now She Wants to End It.”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry plunk
  • Hidden deep within them is a gateway to the Shadow Realm – a dark and chaotic world where all the mischief-making creatures like goblins, boggles and trolls live.2011, Linda Chapman, Lee Weatherly, “The Shadow Woods”, in The Fog Boggarts (Sophie and the Shadow Woods), HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN. From the entry shadow realm

Meaning of boggle

  1. verb (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
  2. verb To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
  3. verb To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.

Full definition of boggle

Questions about boggle in a sentence

How do you use boggle in a sentence?
Boggle is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.”
What is a short sentence with boggle?
“The mind boggles.”
What does boggle mean?
Boggle means (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.

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