confusion
Example Sentences
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When attached to a character, indeterminacy manifests itself as confusion, and the novel mines a lot of humor from the bumbling of its poet-antihero.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
If not for the humans on hand — the ones they eventually want to get rid of — the students would be lost in confusion.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
There is anger, confusion, and heartbreak, but for me personally, there is still care there too for you.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
It was confusion, or maybe wishful thinking, or was it outright defiance?
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
He blinked in confusion and tried to sit up.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
