How to Use confusion in a Sentence

confusion

noun
  • There is still some confusion as to the time of the meeting.
  • There is a great deal of confusion about how the system works.
  • There was total confusion when the truck hit the restaurant.
  • He stared in confusion and disbelief.
  • There was no confusion of the work that had to be done.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In the past, there’s been a bit of confusion about just who owns what.
    — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The two met up again and this time there was no confusion.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2023
  • But the pain had to come out, and it would be mixed with love, confusion and anger, and that was OK.
    — Conrad Gregory, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • Plus, the bars are shaped like an ‘S’ and a ‘C’, so there’s no confusion as to which is which.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
  • The potential for confusion is from the color of the cap for the vials.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • As the lower courts’ confusion shows, no one seems to know what the hell that means.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In the midst of his confusion, Marc falls out of a wheelchair and face-plants onto the floor.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Still, the students’ first school Mass brought a lot of confusion.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The man recognized her car, and in the midst of the confusion, snuck into the backseat.
    — Alexa Jurado, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Now that both of them have joined hands, we are left in confusion of what awaits behind the doors.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 June 2023
  • That helps to avoid confusion from phones jostling around in bags and pockets.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The confusion stems from the 2018 farm bill, which legalized hemp.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But it’s also been used to spread lies and sow confusion.
    — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Throughout the locker room, there was a wide range of tears, frowns, looks of confusion and even some smiles.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The faces of team La La Land went from blissful joy to confusion and horror.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The judge in this matter understood the confusion and didn’t send Miller back to prison.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The fall of the Soviet Union brought a confusion of stimuli.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Most people who are aware of me now have that confusion.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 15 June 2022
  • The decision to spare EIS, at least for now, only adds to the confusion.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Temptations were calling the world a ball of confusion.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In the early hours of the outage, there was confusion over what was going on.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 23 July 2024
  • Also, there was confusion over whether the tweet was a joke, since April 20 is known as Weed Day, a time to fire up a fat spliff.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
  • These sounds help alert other crows to join in, and the noise can also add to the target’s sense of confusion or alarm.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • If there is confusion on who is in charge and opposing GMs decide to phone Josh Kroenke instead, then this risky arrangement will backfire.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
  • What residents who want to rebuild with materials like adobe are left with is, largely, confusion.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025

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