How to Use confusion in a Sentence

confusion

noun

• There is still some confusion as to the time of the meeting.
• There is a great deal of confusion about how the system works.
• There was total confusion when the truck hit the restaurant.
• He stared in confusion and disbelief.
• That sort of confusion may have been at the root of all dragon myths, as well as stories surrounding other mythical creatures.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
• But when Michael and Lucas came in with the same hair cut this winter, Mileski admits there were a few moments of confusion.
  — Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2023
• How Santos personally came into so much money within one election cycle also remains a point of confusion.
  — Clare Hymes, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Others disagree and assert that the risk framework is going to be untenable and create all manner of confusion and trickery by those that make or field AI.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• Concussion symptoms include confusion, drowsiness, nausea, and headache.
  — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 30 Nov. 2024
• The Steelers chose Terry Bradshaw, who could have solved their incessant quarterback confusion.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2024
• The federal government didn't make the rules 100 percent clear, and now EV shoppers might be able to take advantage of that confusion for the next few months.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 31 Dec. 2022
• In the past, there’s been a bit of confusion about just who owns what.
  — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
• The two met up again and this time there was no confusion.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• But the pain had to come out, and it would be mixed with love, confusion and anger, and that was OK.
  — Conrad Gregory, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• As the lower courts’ confusion shows, no one seems to know what the hell that means.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
• Still, the students’ first school Mass brought a lot of confusion.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• Now that both of them have joined hands, we are left in confusion of what awaits behind the doors.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 June 2023
• The confusion stems from the 2018 farm bill, which legalized hemp.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Throughout the locker room, there was a wide range of tears, frowns, looks of confusion and even some smiles.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
• The faces of team La La Land went from blissful joy to confusion and horror.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2023
• The judge in this matter understood the confusion and didn’t send Miller back to prison.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
• The fall of the Soviet Union brought a confusion of stimuli.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• The Temptations were calling the world a ball of confusion.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Nov. 2023
• In the early hours of the outage, there was confusion over what was going on.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 23 July 2024
• These sounds help alert other crows to join in, and the noise can also add to the target’s sense of confusion or alarm.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
• Elon Musk’s Twitter has stirred up a new wave of confusion.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
• Much to their surprise and confusion, the box contains six toads.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 July 2024
• For San Diego brewers, there was some good news — and some confusion.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• His family would even be able to explain the confusion about the name.
  — Megan Burrow and Nhung Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• The confusion started after Williams hit Keenan Allen for a 12-yard completion to the Lions 13 in the final minute.
  — Andrew Seligman and Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024