Example Sentences

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For months, the mixed signals have been confounding Wall Street as it tries to forecast future profits and how high interest rates will climb.

From New York Times • May 20, 2022

Still, his struggles this season have been confounding.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

The Bucks’ slow starts and occasional duds have been confounding given the heights they have reached during this postseason run, but they didn’t lack for intensity in Game 5.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

The patchwork policies and directives have been confounding in every phase of the coronavirus dating back to early last year, adding to public fears and exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2021

I believe I have been confounding myself with the bad boy who "didn't care", and became food for lions—a grander kind of going to the dogs, I suppose.

From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles