confounding
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Shiffrin’s struggles at the Games are even more confounding in the context of her career.
The analysis illuminates one of the most confounding aspects of “Beloved”: the character called Beloved is the ghost of the murdered daughter and also of an unknown soul who died in the Middle Passage.
Such confounding and mediating factors undermine the plaintiffs’ claims of causation.
Where to watch: Peacock Nominated for: Visual effects What we said: “‘Rebirth’ is a confounding title for a downbeat entry that’s mostly preoccupied by death and neglect.”
From Los Angeles Times
What makes this still more confounding is that the U.S. already has a treaty allowing it to establish military bases in Greenland.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.