Confusion

//kənˈfjuːʒən//

"Confusion" in a Sentence (16 examples)

Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.

His confusion betrayed his lie.

It was a terrible confusion; Sue slipped later in the water. They're all mad at you.

The news created a lot of confusion.

The accident threw traffic into great confusion.

The accident caused traffic confusion.

Confusion arose from the accident.

During Obon there is much confusion at train stations.

In a sense, I can understand his confusion.

The Diet broke up in confusion.

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But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries, ⁠Confusions of a wasted youth; ⁠Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise.

The confusion of sexual orientation and gender identity leads to discrimination and stereotyping.

Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.

Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]

A group of wildebeest is called a confusion.

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