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.
• Don't confuse quick for fast, though, as the two terms mean different things.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 1 Oct. 2022
• Dyson also has a lot of sub-models, because its naming scheme isn't confusing enough.
  — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
• All the issues around compensation confuse me about that.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
• Don’t confuse this with SEC schools being patient and giving coaches a long leash.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
• Don’t confuse being a controlling daughter-in-law with being a protective one.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2022
• Credit to the Auburn student section in the end zone for making lots of noise to help confuse the Spartan offense.
  — al, 10 Sep. 2022
• Awkwardness is often confused with embarrassment, but the two are different in important ways, and so are their remedies.
  — Alexandra Plakias, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
• Serious crafters are going to need temperature control and other bells and whistles that may just confuse and even impede beginners.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2022
• The fossil-fuel industry and its allies have worked to confuse the American people about the reality and severity of climate change.
  — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2022
• Shareholder capitalism advocates think goals other than profit will confuse investors.
  — Charles Conn, Fortune, 14 Sep. 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
• The Dolphins run a lot of very fast pre-snap shifts, which can confuse the defense.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
• 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
• The same shaker hood scoop looms, but nobody who cares is about to confuse a new Trans Am with an old one.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024