How to Use confuse in a Sentence

confuse

verb
Definition of confusenext
Synonyms for confusenext
  • You must be confusing me with someone else.
  • The general was trying to confuse the enemy.
  • The new evidence only confused matters further.
  • The rest of the cast (and Cohen) were confused by this.
    — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • At times, the Dome of the Rock – a shrine – and Al-Aqsa – a mosque – have been confused as one and the same.
    — Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The Thompson Twins – not to be confused with the 1980s band – were among the best dressed players at the draft.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • But Booth and Herold got confused in the night and rowed in the wrong direction.
    — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • No one will confuse the last-place A’s with the 1927 Yankees.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Don’t get confused, there are 16 Big 12 schools (for now).
    — Matt Wadleigh, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The Cowboys chase and confuse some of the league’s best quarterbacks.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The Dolphins run a lot of very fast pre-snap shifts, which can confuse the defense.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • No one could confuse it with the valet kind or the at-the-mall kind of parking; this is the parking that’s done in lovers’ lanes.
    — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The flies were confused by this bizarro-world plume and moved away from the center rather than toward it.
    — Dana MacKenzie, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Locals avoid Google maps which has been known to confuse rivers for roads.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Trolling, most Alaskans know, is not to be confused with trawling, the dragging of nets through the water.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The film starts with a very old woman and ends with a very young girl who has short hair and could be confused to be a boy.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Don’t confuse it with the calming breakfast drink in its name, though.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • This last point is the one that’s often confused where RCS is concerned.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • As spring has sprung, and allergens are swirling at full force, many are confused as to the source of their itchy eyes.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 4 May 2023
  • Don't confuse quick for fast, though, as the two terms mean different things.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Don't wear jewelry in the water that a shark could confuse for the shimmer of fish scales.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 July 2022
  • Don’t run around calling his name, which could confuse him.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • The same shaker hood scoop looms, but nobody who cares is about to confuse a new Trans Am with an old one.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Some school board lawyers are confused by the rules, and and those arguing for access have few ways to fight back.
    — Elle Reeve, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
  • His friends were confused, and reminded him that shops were open late.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Turning the hunters’ tools against them, the activists blow their own hunting horns and crack whips in an attempt to confuse the hounds.
    — Euan Ward, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Not to be confused with a rimmed baking sheet, a jelly roll pan is only 1 in.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Flares eject from the rear to confuse any heat-seeking missiles heading their way.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Some are confused by OSAC’s methods for distributing the funds and believe the pace of putting that money to work is worrisomely slow, given the lives at stake.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 Dec. 2024
  • One bald onlooker sitting across the carriage looked on, seemingly confused by the impromptu floor salon.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024

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