Confused

Examples

• Our fair client seemed a little confused. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He became very confused and silent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She had her queer, radiant, breathless manner, as if confused by the actual world, unreal to it, having a complete bright world of her self alone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I was present myself, and I remember to have felt quite uncomfortable and confused, at a part of myself being disposed of in that way. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The poor woman was at first too much confused and agitated to understand thoroughly what I said to her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Confused, Mr. Huskisson tried to go around the open door of the carriage, which projected over the opposite rail. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Arabella, who was sitting at work, rose on beholding a stranger--a little confused--but by no means ungracefully so. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He is the voice of a confused emotion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He tried both, but both confused him equally, and he came straying back to the same spot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Its weakness is the ease with which natural in the sense of normal is confused with the physical. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Though she looked steadily at me, I saw that she was rather confused. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She was far above the paltry affectation of being confused. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She was a little confused from time to time when he looked at her, or spoke to her; but she never warmed towards him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You wander: your head becomes confused. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• With a confused brain, but with a heart into which some warmth of hope was returning, I accompanied my friend in a walk round the garden. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Why else should that look pass between them, why else should Mr. Snagsby be confused and cough a signal cough behind his hand? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It had fifty-four columns around it, but only six are standing now--the others lie broken at its base, a confused and picturesque heap. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I had some association with it, that struck upon my heart directly; but I was thinking of anything else when it came upon me, and was confused. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It is possible this latter blunder may have been made by Bragg having become confused as to what was going on on our side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I often saw him hard-worked, yet seldom over-driven, and never irritated, confused, or oppressed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is confusing because it is still confused at the source. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You see me confused, he said, returning to his place--on my word of honour, Mr. Fairlie, you see me confused in your presence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Oh, please forgive me for I am very confused. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And we got things confused. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Micawber was extremely glad to see me, but a little confused too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The barber grew confused, and brought blood every time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Her servants wondered at her directions, usually so sharply-cut and decided, now confused and uncertain. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Perdita looked down, confused, yet pleased. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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