confounded
Example Sentences
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Those experiences helped pave the way for Coinbase, which set about to solve a problem that confounded those eager to invest in cryptocurrencies: There was no place for people to store their digital assets.
As I reported earlier, however, their efforts to tell it like it is were confounded by their own ignorance.
From Los Angeles Times
The 32nd seed was on the cusp of victory on Kia Arena when he sent down the serve, which confounded Schoolkate who hit his sliced return long.
From Barron's
Just like Mr. Pinkerton had warned me—and I knew from Aunt Kitty’s confounded vocabulary drills—I could put the whole case in jeopardy.
From Literature
Her disappearance captivated and confounded true crime watchers around the nation as FBI investigators and armchair detectives alike tried to solve the puzzle of what happened to Melodee.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
