How to Use confuse in a Sentence

confuse

verb

• You must be confusing me with someone else.
• The general was trying to confuse the enemy.
• The new evidence only confused matters further.
• In addition, don’t confuse iced coffee with cold brew or cold press coffee.
  — Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2022
• Be aware that kids may confuse gummy supplements for candy, so keep them out of reach of children.
  — Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
• Don’t confuse it with Amazon Luna, which is a gaming service.
  — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 15 Dec. 2022
• Modelo argued no reasonable jury could confuse beer for hard seltzer.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2022
• July: And the roughness of the cutout tool kept some things out of my control, which also confused my sense of authorship.
  — Cindy Sherman, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• The second dispels many of the myths that confuse many Americans about our social insurance program.
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 25 Dec. 2022
• The Barlow running game, which uses pitches and options, seemed to confuse the Valley defense.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2022
• The company does note that spammers and trolls often change their tactics, which can confuse the algorithms, and that can even result in some warnings that are uncalled for.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
• Do not, Miss Manners warns, confuse this with the rule about guests not needing an excuse for declining invitations in advance.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2022
• Okay, confusing flashback: Flo’s character, Almut, has (or had?) cancer.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
• Do not confuse this with El Silencio’s other mezcal, the clear-bottled Ensamble, which is made with three different agaves.
  — Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
• To confuse matters further, the industry collects these fees from merchants, who swallow part of the expense and pass the rest along to their customers—all their customers, including the ones who don’t use credit cards.
  — James Lardner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022
• The rest of the cast (and Cohen) were confused by this.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• At times, the Dome of the Rock – a shrine – and Al-Aqsa – a mosque – have been confused as one and the same.
  — Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2023
• The Thompson Twins – not to be confused with the 1980s band – were among the best dressed players at the draft.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
• But Booth and Herold got confused in the night and rowed in the wrong direction.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• No one will confuse the last-place A’s with the 1927 Yankees.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Don’t get confused, there are 16 Big 12 schools (for now).
  — Matt Wadleigh, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
• The Cowboys chase and confuse some of the league’s best quarterbacks.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• No one could confuse it with the valet kind or the at-the-mall kind of parking; this is the parking that’s done in lovers’ lanes.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• The flies were confused by this bizarro-world plume and moved away from the center rather than toward it.
  — Dana MacKenzie, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
• Locals avoid Google maps which has been known to confuse rivers for roads.
  — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2024
• Trolling, most Alaskans know, is not to be confused with trawling, the dragging of nets through the water.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
• The film starts with a very old woman and ends with a very young girl who has short hair and could be confused to be a boy.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
• Don’t confuse it with the calming breakfast drink in its name, though.
  — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• This last point is the one that’s often confused where RCS is concerned.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• As spring has sprung, and allergens are swirling at full force, many are confused as to the source of their itchy eyes.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 4 May 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024