confound
verb (used with object)
was confounding
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past progressiveof confound.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was confounding to him that a filmmaker could take his life as the raw material for their own work.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
She once pointed out to a gaggle of Kardashians that their fame was confounding, given their apparent lack of any real talent.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022
The old AP style was confounding to me when I started writing for my college newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2020
His talk was as fascinating as it was confounding, and you might be inclined to think that the young man is slightly off-kilter.
From Golf Digest ● May 27, 2019
But, as with many crimes against American Indians, the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders was confounding.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
