confounded
Example Sentences
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The East Yorkshire side have confounded expectations, a transfer embargo, and the off-field drama surrounding Southampton and Spygate, to secure a remarkable promotion.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
However, the combined treatment didn’t meet the overall survival target thanks to confounded data.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
He’s merely one of 347 biologists that Eva assigned to solve the case, so he’s confounded to be in this lonely predicament.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Buchalter is a bit confounded by the sluggishness of Nvidia’s stock recently, as software stocks have slumped.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
Yet Gabriel felt that he had surprised them; he had found them out and they were a little ashamed and confounded before his purity.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing confounded
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The Crucible
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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