confusion

Example Sentences

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"You could see how much confusion there was from the outset, not just from parents and students but also in the wider media," said Lee.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Researchers said that leads to confusion about eligibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

When attached to a character, indeterminacy manifests itself as confusion, and the novel mines a lot of humor from the bumbling of its poet-antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

If not for the humans on hand — the ones they eventually want to get rid of — the students would be lost in confusion.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

But in the moment of the conversation my pointed questions had flown out of my head and they were replaced instead by grief and confusion.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse