confounded

Example Sentences

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Even after Blanc arrives, he’s confounded to find himself occasionally standing on the sidelines, a bystander in Jud’s moral crusade to herd his congregation toward righteousness.

From Los Angeles Times

Set in Maycomb, it sees two siblings, clearly Lee and her older sister Alice, confounded by her sister's black gardener Arthur, who's from the North but has apparently decided to work in the segregationist South.

From BBC

The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists.

From BBC

It’s stiff karaoke that earns a confounded polite clap.

From Los Angeles Times

The album is also a recognition that while heartbreak has confounded poets since the beginning of time, it remains an unknown.

From Los Angeles Times