is confounding
- present progressive of confound (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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For some experts, the delay in wireless evacuation orders in west Altadena — and the ensuing lack of an explanation to the public — is confounding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
But as the analysis itself makes clear, it’s not the former president who is confounding the chief.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2024
The overall effect is confounding, adding to a social media landscape already inundated with misinformation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Kai Havertz was a more contentious offseason signing but is confounding his critics, having scored in five in Arsenal’s last seven league games.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Their commitment to their faith is confounding a long-held assumption that, like earlier generations of Baptists or Pentecostals, prosperous evangelicals would abandon their religious ties or trade them for membership in establishment churches.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
