CONFUSION in a Sentence

Learn CONFUSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
253 example sentences for CONFUSION, such as:
1. There was confusion in the ranks.
2. But her eyes fell in sudden confusion.
3. The new event threw them into confusion.
4. Teddy turned to Mona with a look of mild confusion.
5. Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CONFUSION
confusion
 n.  an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
 n.  a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She knew no such troublesome thoughts ever disturbed the brains under the four flaming thatches in the carriage and, as always when she felt herself different from her neighbors, an irritated confusion fell upon her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  There was confusion in the ranks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  But her eyes fell in sudden confusion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  All the fiends of hell seemed screaming in her ears and her brain swirled with confusion and panic so overpowering she clung to the window sill for support.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  But she knew, too, looking with confusion at the friendly faces about her, that if she withheld the news of Ellen's death, the Fontaines would never forgive her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  Before his direct gaze her eyes fell again in real confusion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  "Well, I--" and she managed a pretty confusion and a blush.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  Scarlett looked into his smooth unreadable face in confusion and indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  If she had any sense-- She stopped in some confusion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
10  He looked so capable and calm and even the slight twist of his mouth was comforting as though it proved her agony and confusion unwarranted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
11  But somehow she could not meet his gaze and she dropped her eyes in a rush of tingling confusion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
12  There was a loud murmur of voices, confusion as the ladies got to their feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
13  Amid the tears and confusion and kissing and scurrying for smelling salts and brandy, there was only one calm face, one dry pair of eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
14  She looked up at him, imploringly, and suddenly her embarrassment and confusion faded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
15  He turned and even in her confusion she was surprised that there was no mockery in his face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1  The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm.
2  To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
3  Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
4  There was some confusion as to whether we had won or lost.
5  I tried to clear the confusion that was fogging my brain.
6  The resignation of the prime minister will cause much confusion.
7  It has sown confusion and anxiety among researchers by giving birth to the ambiguous concept of sensitive but unclassified research.
8  From every direction, people were running and shouting and falling over each other in a tumult of confusion.
9  The climate of political confusion has only reinforced the country's economic decline.
10  The new event threw them into confusion.
11  This latest decision has only added to the general confusion.
12  People of my generation who lived through World War II have vivid memories of confusion and incompetence.
13  Teddy turned to Mona with a look of mild confusion.
14  But then to avoid confusion we need some way of marking the participant role distinction.
15  Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.