"Puzzle over" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... inherited from her quiet mother the dog-like quality of love in spite of cruelty. To Howard he stormed. He considered Elinor's infatuation indecent. She was not a Cardew. The Cardew women had some pride. And Howard, his handsome figure draped negligently against the library mantel, would puzzle over it, too. ...
— A Poor Wise Man • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... decipher a disk through which ran a piece of metal, like a blade through a sword guard. He felt sure it was an electrode of some sort, a tool to convert stolen electricity into a weapon of offense and assault. But he neither waited to strike a light nor stooped to puzzle over the bundle. ...
— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine |
