confounded
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Confounded, Miller decided to try something radical: He began ordering lung biopsies under general anesthesia to look for more subtle damage known as small-airways disease.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022
Confounded lawmakers in both parties urged Trump to either put up evidence or recant his claim.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2017
Confounded by the sheriff’s long-standing contempt for his lawful orders, Judge Snow last week threw up his hands.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2016
Confounded and depressed, I returned to the states where I could better manage the rapidly intensifying ordeal: At its height, there were 10 full Google pages worth of fraudulent material.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2014
I do aver Capt. Draper shall grant it, for Capt. Draper is the kindest of Men, & in that Ditch, we all lay Confounded, and should not judge one another.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing confounded
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The Crucible
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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