Example sentences for: bumfuzzled

How can you use “bumfuzzled” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Tim Weiner, who wrote the Times piece, wonders whether bumfuzzled has at least some associative link to the British slang term bumf , a shortened version of "bumfodder ," or toilet paper.

  • Here is precisely what Clinton said (at an unrelated awards ceremony for "blue ribbon schools" at the Washington Hilton; interestingly, the transcription available on the White House Web site spells it "bum-fusseled," which is incorrect; Chatterbox here uses the text supplied by the Federal News Service, which spelled bumfuzzled correctly):

  • The lead story in today's New York Times quotes Bill Clinton saying that the Republican budget passed yesterday by the House, which he intends to veto, "totally bumfuzzled " American voters on the question of whether Social Security funds would be tapped for current spending.

  • And a Sept. 9 AP story quotes George Beason, a member of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, saying, "I'm just bumfuzzled " that the U.S.

  • The second reference to bumfuzzled was in History of the Life of Rev.


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