How to Use confusion in a Sentence

confusion

noun

• There is still some confusion as to the time of the meeting.
• There is a great deal of confusion about how the system works.
• There was total confusion when the truck hit the restaurant.
• He stared in confusion and disbelief.
• The scene ends with a little boy looking on in silence, his brow bunched in confusion.
  — John Blake, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
• The man recognized her car, and in the midst of the confusion, snuck into the backseat.
  — Alexa Jurado, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
• The committee’s final act was marked by confusion and delays.
  — Amy Gardner, Rosalind S. Helderman, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
• The lopsided tax credit at the start of the year is just one of several potential sources of confusion.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 28 Dec. 2022
• Spens has been a data practitioner for more than 30 years, and this confusion is familiar to him.
  — Rachel Curry, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
• There could be some confusion and miscommunication at this time, so do your best to proceed carefully.
  — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
• Mercury is also retrograde at this point, which may have added layers of confusion to things, in addition to your finances and spending.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Dec. 2022
• There was also confusion concerning Blaise’s whereabouts when Bailey died.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
• The Chargers coach’s daily ritual of inviting one player or coach at random to address the team after practice was first met with confusion and stress.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
• There’s energy and excitement about the I.R.A. money, but there’s more confusion and concern.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2022
• Tuesday’s debate was marred by procedural confusion and frustration.
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 14 Dec. 2022
• But for millions of Americans, the new requirement means additional tax forms, potentially higher tax bills and a lot of confusion.
  — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• In this science-fiction satire, a domestic robot wandering through a world where everything has fallen apart just wants to find a human to serve but keeps meeting with chaos, disaster and confusion.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
• In terms of visual media, slowing down footage of Nancy Pelosi or mislabeling old war videos as having been shot in Ukraine already breed plenty of confusion.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
• In the past, there’s been a bit of confusion about just who owns what.
  — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
• The two met up again and this time there was no confusion.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• But the pain had to come out, and it would be mixed with love, confusion and anger, and that was OK.
  — Conrad Gregory, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• As the lower courts’ confusion shows, no one seems to know what the hell that means.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
• Still, the students’ first school Mass brought a lot of confusion.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• Now that both of them have joined hands, we are left in confusion of what awaits behind the doors.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 June 2023
• The confusion stems from the 2018 farm bill, which legalized hemp.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Throughout the locker room, there was a wide range of tears, frowns, looks of confusion and even some smiles.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
• The faces of team La La Land went from blissful joy to confusion and horror.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2023
• The judge in this matter understood the confusion and didn’t send Miller back to prison.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
• The fall of the Soviet Union brought a confusion of stimuli.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• The Temptations were calling the world a ball of confusion.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024