MUDDLE in a Sentence

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16 example sentences for MUDDLE, such as:

1. always make some muddle, he muttered.
2. I often muddle up Richard with his brother.
3. I got into an awful muddle with my tax forms.
4. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.
5. Later they may muddle up your name with those of your cousin

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 Meanings and Examples of MUDDLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
muddle
 v.  make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
Classic Sentence:
1  I come to the muddle many times and agen, and I never get beyond it.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
2  There's no sort of conviction about anything, except that it's all a muddle and a hole.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
3  I'm all in a muddle; can't recollect anything of it, hardly.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  The regiment, involved like a cart involved in mud and muddle, started unevenly with many jolts and jerks.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
5  always make some muddle, he muttered.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II
6  The old people were obviously muddled for a moment, and did not quite know whether it was they who were in love again or their daughter.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 16
7  And besides, he complained that he had talked too much about his book here, and that consequently all his ideas about it were muddled and had lost their interest for him.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 1
8  It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
9  I knew that she would perhaps be muddled and not take it all in exactly, but I knew, too, that she would grasp the gist of it, very well indeed.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IX
10  And if you like I will tell you that whatever happens and whatever muddles those at the top may make, we shall win tomorrow's battle.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXV
Example Sentence:
1  I often muddle up Richard with his brother.
2  I'm in such a muddle, I'd completely forgotten you were coming today.
3  I got into an awful muddle with my tax forms.
4  He tried to muddle the issues, we cannot see the hope that they will be addressed quickly.
5  Later they may muddle up your name with those of your cousin
6  Recently the government seems to have lost its way and muddled its priorities.