as in blows
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta
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Recent Examples of boggles
Go Fishing The amount and variety of fish in Lake Superior boggles the mind.
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Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
The number of heating and cooling systems and heat exchangers and radiators that is throughout that powertrain boggles the mind.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 June 2026
The hypocrisy boggles the mind.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
How anyone ascended Drifter’s Escape truly boggles the mind.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
And to say stuff to try to undermine the United States in the midst of a world-changing conflict just boggles my mind.
—NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Raising windshield wipers is a practice that likely boggles those unaccustomed to winter weather.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
There’s so much richness happening in the lives of these characters, genuinely, and that boggles my mind.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
The number of heating and cooling systems and heat exchangers and radiators that is throughout that powertrain boggles the mind.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 June 2026
The hypocrisy boggles the mind.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
How anyone ascended Drifter’s Escape truly boggles the mind.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
And to say stuff to try to undermine the United States in the midst of a world-changing conflict just boggles my mind.
—NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Raising windshield wipers is a practice that likely boggles those unaccustomed to winter weather.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
There’s so much richness happening in the lives of these characters, genuinely, and that boggles my mind.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boggles
Verb
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As with other members of the poplar family such as quaking aspen, the part of the tree that attaches the leaf to the branch is several inches long, causing leaves to flap rapidly from side to side when the wind blows.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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This doesn’t work for Alice, however, who goes from disbelief to sabotage to an act of betrayal whose wreckage spills out over the series and blows back on her.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Standard recycling destroys the whole part just to clean it.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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The mechanism is an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase, or PPO, abundant in bananas, which destroys flavanols both during blending and inside the stomach.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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“Boggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boggles. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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