confounded

It’s stiff karaoke that earns a confounded polite clap.

The album is also a recognition that while heartbreak has confounded poets since the beginning of time, it remains an unknown.

It makes me think about who I am, especially as I grow older, as I become both more attuned to and confounded by who it is I think I am.

Such miscalculations point to another pitfall facing those who would dare to predict the future of Los Angeles: Change has come so rapidly that any prediction can be confounded within the lifetime of its author.

This miserable early spring confounded expectations, after taking time to reset his career following a disappointing 2024.