confounded

Example Sentences

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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

“Medicine Show” was a record that either confounded or delighted fans of “alternative music” back in the early ’80s.

From Salon

That may, of course, be Mr. Joseph’s point: We are as confounded by the tortuous vagaries of their painful histories, and by their stubborn inability to connect, as they themselves are.

From The Wall Street Journal