CONFUSE in a Sentence

Learn CONFUSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

253 example sentences for CONFUSE, such as:

1. There was confusion in the ranks.
2. It would only confuse and weaken her.
3. But her eyes fell in sudden confusion.
4. The new event threw them into confusion.
5. He was beginning to get rather confused.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of CONFUSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
confuse
 v.  cause to be unable to think with clarity; mix up
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I must not confuse them with experiences which will have to rest on my own observation, or my memory of them.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Besides Villona's humming would confuse anybody; the noise of the car, too.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AFTER THE RACE
3  The relentless beating heat was beginning to confuse me and I had a bad moment there before I realized that so far his suspicions hadn't alighted on Tom.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  It would only confuse and weaken her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
5  And I do think you confuse the mental life with the critical activity.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  You confuse me," replied Athos, with his gentlemanly air; "let us talk of something else, if you please.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
7  To this Juturna adds a yet stronger impulse, and high in heaven shews a sign more potent than any to confuse Italian souls with delusive augury.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TWELFTH
8  She knew no such troublesome thoughts ever disturbed the brains under the four flaming thatches in the carriage and, as always when she felt herself different from her neighbors, an irritated confusion fell upon her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  There was confusion in the ranks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  But her eyes fell in sudden confusion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  All the fiends of hell seemed screaming in her ears and her brain swirled with confusion and panic so overpowering she clung to the window sill for support.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  But she knew, too, looking with confusion at the friendly faces about her, that if she withheld the news of Ellen's death, the Fontaines would never forgive her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  Before his direct gaze her eyes fell again in real confusion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  "Well, I--" and she managed a pretty confusion and a blush.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  Scarlett looked into his smooth unreadable face in confusion and indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
16  The new event threw them into confusion.
17  This latest decision has only added to the general confusion.
18  People of my generation who lived through World War II have vivid memories of confusion and incompetence.
19  Teddy turned to Mona with a look of mild confusion.
20  But then to avoid confusion we need some way of marking the participant role distinction.
21  Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.
22  Label your suitcases to prevent confusion.
23  As the story unfolded throughout the past week, I experienced the gamut of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, disgust, confusion.
24  My uncle got into the back of the car, scratching his head in confusion, having missed the episode completely.
25  They crowded together and didn't care to sob or stumble: the confusion was inextricable.
26  The next thing was to eat the comfits: this caused some noise and confusion.
27  This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup.
28  He was beginning to get rather confused.
29  True friends could get you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.
30  We will easily get happiness only if we have a confused life.