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.
• In the past, there’s been a bit of confusion about just who owns what.
  — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
• 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
• 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
• That doesn’t mean Hart and Cannon aren’t having some fun first with the confusion over the faux TV series.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Mar. 2023
• And what had the public confusion between the two of them—the encroachment of one Naomi on the other—done to Klein’s own sense of self?
  — Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• The looks on their faces reflected shock and confusion.
  — Aaron M. Kinzer, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• But for Schaller, any feelings of relief over the arrest were soon eclipsed by anger and confusion.
  — Jake Offenhartz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• D’Amico said these sessions reduced the level of panic and confusion about the law.
  — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• But later that night, Oats and Saban spoke to clear up any confusion.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 23 Mar. 2023
• The confusion of the Apple Pencil is made worse by the scattered state of iPads in general right now.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
• Alba was a good sport about the confusion and said Gardner was very polite.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
• There’s an element of confusion today, which means your best option is to work hard.
  — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2024
• This episode of What’s Ahead describes how this scheme works and leads to voter confusion and weird, undemocratic results.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024