Example Sentences

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To her, Maggie’s willingness to be seen as a victim is confounding.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Deep-thinking, astute, articulate, Bellamy is confounding expectations after an impressive first year in charge of Wales.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 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

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