How to Use confound in a Sentence

confound

verb

• The success of the show confounded critics.
• The school's team confounded all predictions and won the game.
• The strategy confounded our opponents.
• The murder case has confounded investigators.
• Why was the interface still confounding me after weeks and weeks?
  — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 21 July 2019
• Yet one glaring problem that confounds even his manager remains in his approach.
  — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 19 July 2019
• And while many of the more outrageous, confounding or strange laws in and around the state have been replaced or repealed, others have not.
  — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 26 June 2019
• The forecast changes follow a decline in government bond yields this spring that has confounded markets.
  — Kate Davidson, WSJ, 25 June 2019
• White charged into the box to receive a pass, paused for half a second to confound Naeher and then tapped the ball into the left side of the net.
  — Alicia Delgallo, Pro Soccer USA, 4 July 2019
• This new post-neoliberal moment might seem confounding.
  — Erik Guzik / The Conversation, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
• The lesson: After decades of research, wolves still confound our expectations.
  — Ben Goldfarb, National Geographic, 21 June 2019
• In October of that year, however, the state of the case abruptly changed — with a surprising, confounding arrest.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
• But such a merger requires due diligence to make sure the herbs complement, rather than confound or harm, any modern treatment -- particularly with something as sensitive as cancer treatment.
  — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 19 June 2019
• Things like the sun, as well as the dark, seem to confound it.
  — Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2021
• Nez knew the code was meant to help confound the enemy.
  — Betty Reid, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
• That’s the Beach Boys for you: confounding until the end.
  — Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
• The league’s worst run defense gets worse: The Ravens’ run game was sure to confound the Cowboys.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020
• The podcast delves into the confounding details of the killing.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• What’s confounding, though, is the Bears have been unable to run the ball through two games.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
• The second quarter was more of the same, as the Parkville zones and traps continued to confound Lansdowne.
  — Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2024
• Ohio State managed to confound Illinois big man Cockburn for most of the game.
  — cleveland, 16 Jan. 2021
• But that’s why these races confound and excite us year after year.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2020
• Yet, his seeming reluctance to run the ball at times can confound.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
• And this might confound your expectations, but the diesel is smoother than the gas engine.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2019
• How that driver managed to miss Lewis confounds him, James said.
  — Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• The concept of a Cabbage Patch Kid also confounded the artist.
  — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• To confound matters, an Indy player was sent off with a red card in three of the four losses.
  — Kevin Johnston, Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2019
• Valenzuela would confound batters with the pitch throughout his 17-year career in the big leagues.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2021
• The Chiefs defense confounded by the Niners’ misdirection much of the game got stingy and forced a three-and-out.
  — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
• Extra points — Lincoln Riley’s refusal to run the ball continues to confound.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024