Example Sentences

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But if there is no justification there is at least a very effective excuse in the mental confusedness of our time.

From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

An eddying murmur filled my ears, and a strange, dumb confusedness descended on my mind.

From The Time Machine by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Then, after acknowledgment of the confusedness of the narrative and the fantastic wilfulness of some of the incidents and style, the critic goes on:—

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

The fact is that the very confusedness, the many undeveloped sides, of Euphues, make it much more of an ancestor of the modern novel than if it were more of a piece.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

Confusedness in words can proceed from nothing but confusedness in the thoughts which give rise to them.—Cobbett.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly