Example sentences for: confuse

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

  • The American Heritage dictionary says that bumfuzzle , apparently used chiefly in the southern United States, means "to confuse," and probably derives from some combination of "bamboozle," "fuddle," and "fuzzy."

  • The Venetians fortified their main towns — Naxos Town and Antiparos Town are wonderful examples of this — creating labyrinths of narrow alleys and cul-de-sacs that were designed to confuse and to demoralize invaders.

  • Yet modern technology also baffles our culture, which tends to confuse input with feedback as a metaphor for soliciting opinion.

  • Alluding to a verbal dyad, Lamar Alexander called them "Weasel words, cleverly and deliberately put together to confuse people by meaning nothing."

  • Wolff exploits the human tendency to confuse frankness and cruelty with truth-telling.


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