confusion

[kənˈfjuːʒn]

Definition:
1. Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably.
2. A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior.
3. A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused.

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Use 'confusion' in a sentence:

1. There's confusion and resentment, and it's almost never expressed out in the open. Take this office, for example.
2. The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion.
3. While careful planning for the afterlife may lie buried underground in Cairo, it is noise and confusion on the streets.
4. They believe this confusion is responsible for a rash of suicides this spring.
5. Such lists are as likely to create new confusion as they are to solve old problems.
6. In their confusion, they feared that a real train was about to crush them.
7. To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
8. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.
9. There was confusion when a man fired shots.
10. His mind was a haze of fear and confusion.
11. Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion.
12. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
13. This served to hide the confusion and imprecision in their thinking.
14. He was arrested in the confusion which followed.
15. The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm.
16. We always left his office in a state of confusion.
17. In the confusion some struck at their own side.
18. The meeting adjourned in confusion.
19. The wish to impose order upon confusion is a kind of intellectual instinct.
20. Only by writing things down could I bring some sort of order to the confusion.
21. Peace is the foundation of happiness, for where there is anxiety, tension and confusion, joy cannot exist.
22. Mewing and running, they caused a frightful confusion.
23. But in real situations the number and words are often accompanied by gestures to help resolve any confusion.
24. In all the confusion, there's a serious risk that the main issues will be forgotten.
25. As the story unfolded throughout the past week, I experienced the gamut of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, disgust, confusion.
26. The author believes that relaxing the rule of punctuality in factories would lead to great confusion.
27. There's still confusion about the number of casualties.
28. After they walk a few more yards, they experience a sudden gust of wind and confusion.
29. During the confusion and bewilderment of the second day Mary hid herself in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone.
30. We were thrown into confusion by the news.
31. A look of utter confusion swept across his handsome face.
32. Teddy turned to Mona with a look of mild confusion.
33. Early cinema audiences often experienced the same confusion.
34. The announcement only succeeded in creating confusion.
35. People of my generation who lived through World War II have vivid memories of confusion and incompetence.
36. This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused.
37. Fighting had broken out and all was chaos and confusion.
38. Mandy's predominant emotion was confusion.
39. Confusion reigned about how the debate would end.
40. There followed a long period of confusion and muddle.
41. One of the main findings of the survey was the confusion about the facilities already in place.
42. There is some confusion about what the correct procedure should be.
43. When she opened the door she was greeted by a scene of utter confusion.
44. Her speech sliced through all the confusion surrounding the situation.
45. I think there's a deliberate confusion here about these lines because their precise historical significance isn't what's most significant.
46. Instead, the session has sowed confusion.
47. The climate of political confusion has only reinforced the country's economic decline.
48. I tried to clear the confusion that was fogging my brain.