confusedness
Example Sentences
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These notes for the "Art Journal" were so written; and I like them myself, of course; but ask the reader's pardon for their confusedness.
From The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm by John Ruskin
"That is the knight's affair, not ours," he replied, refreshed by her angry confusedness, and, like the weather, in his coldness threw only fine, sharp snow, no hail.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Presently recovering, as if from some vague confusedness of mind, she said, "What you believe, can be no consequence—truth is truth, for all that."
From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Samuel Warren
Every careful reader has noticed the confusedness of Paul's mind and arguments.
From Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning by Edward Carpenter
The fact is that the very confusedness, the many undeveloped sides, of Euphues, make it much more of an ancestor of the modern novel than if it were more of a piece.
From The English Novel by George Saintsbury