Sami was perplexed by Layla's request.

Thus while they waver and, perplex with doubt, / urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, / lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, / breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out: / 'Ah! wretched townsmen! do ye think the foe / gone, or that guileless are their gifts? O blind / with madness! Thus Ulysses do ye know?'"

Tom looked perplexed.

Tom seems perplexed.

She is perplexed.

He laughed heartily at my perplexity.

I think Tom is perplexed.

I know Tom is perplexed.

Tom was perplexed by Mary's request.

Tom looks perplexed.