confounded

Example Sentences

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Even after Blanc arrives, he’s confounded to find himself occasionally standing on the sidelines, a bystander in Jud’s moral crusade to herd his congregation toward righteousness.

From Los Angeles Times

The baseball truism of bullpens being fickle and volatile from year to year keeps getting confounded by the Mariners, and they’ll try to make it three outstanding years in a row.

From Seattle Times

She dished out eight assists, many of them on such adroit and anticipatory passes that they may have confounded her teammates enough to thwart the scoring opportunity.

From Seattle Times

“The subjective reports of individuals might be misleading or essentially confounded,” said Dr. John V. Campo, a pediatric psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

From Washington Times

The sharp moves have confounded many analysts who predicted that prices would stay high, or even climb higher, slowing the transition to cleaner forms of transportation, an essential component of efforts to limit climate change.

From New York Times