confusedness
Example Sentences
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An eddying murmur filled my ears, and a strange, dumb confusedness descended on my mind.
From The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Then, after acknowledgment of the confusedness of the narrative and the fantastic wilfulness of some of the incidents and style, the critic goes on:—
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
Confusedness in words can proceed from nothing but confusedness in the thoughts which give rise to them.—Cobbett.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun
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
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
