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.
• There was no confusion of the work that had to be done.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 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
• The man recognized her car, and in the midst of the confusion, snuck into the backseat.
  — Alexa Jurado, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
• 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
• That helps to avoid confusion from phones jostling around in bags and pockets.
  — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
• The confusion stems from the 2018 farm bill, which legalized hemp.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• But it’s also been used to spread lies and sow confusion.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
• 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 decision to spare EIS, at least for now, only adds to the confusion.
  — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
• The Temptations were calling the world a ball of confusion.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Nov. 2023
• In the early hours of the outage, there was confusion over what was going on.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 23 July 2024
• Also, there was confusion over whether the tweet was a joke, since April 20 is known as Weed Day, a time to fire up a fat spliff.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
• These sounds help alert other crows to join in, and the noise can also add to the target’s sense of confusion or alarm.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
• Elon Musk’s Twitter has stirred up a new wave of confusion.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
• Much to their surprise and confusion, the box contains six toads.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 July 2024
• For San Diego brewers, there was some good news — and some confusion.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• Heavy snow has always sewn chaos and confusion in Tahoe.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2022
• His family would even be able to explain the confusion about the name.
  — Megan Burrow and Nhung Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• Much like Alzheimer's disease in humans, CDS in cats leads to memory loss, confusion, and behavioral changes.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025