was confounding
- past progressive of confound.
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
Scrolling through the well-manicured websites that market them with an attractively minimalist, Instagram-ready aesthetic was confounding.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021
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
In fact, they had encountered the same wave-particle duality of light that was confounding their elders in physics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
