Confounds

However, if players can get past the antisocial armor that confounds conversation, they will find a fine companion.

The lack of systematic data on the sector confounds our ability to speak with absolute authority on either side of that debate.

The publicly documented timeline of the pandemic confounds this “blame China” narrative.

Little said that the legislation could change to a form that confounds the county’s strategy.

Of all the differences between my childhood and my daughter’s, the one she finds hardest to fathom, the one that confounds her the most, is that when I was a kid, I could not simply flip on the TV and watch my favorite movie whenever I wanted.

What confounds me most about these rumors is the idea that she’s both as cunning as the British media asserts but dumb enough to openly mock the future Queen consort over her husband’s infidelity?

What confounds the singer-songwriter is not just his sudden popularity in the indie-music scene, but the wide acceptance the songs in his mother tongue are getting.

A long career in journalism has made me aware of another powerful “evil” that clouds issues and confounds even the most honorable people.

Every time I meet her I think it’s going to be the last tour, the last album, but each time she confounds me.

One of the most distinctive voices to emerge from the Odd Future collective, writes music that courts controversy, confounds expectations, and delights hip-hop heads hungering for a new sound.

Private anecdotal evidence and the record of his public behavior suggest that Trump is not a strong believer, and his Louis XIV-inspired bedroom at Trump Tower confounds the Austro-Hungarian emperor’s Spartan ideals to say the least.

Which confounds many adults.

Writer/director De Los Santos Arias’ feature debut shines a light on an underrepresented part of the world and casts a truly outlandish spell that confounds and overwhelms.

Destry confounds the townsfolk by refusing to strap on a gun in spite of demonstrating that he is an expert marksman.

He then has to go on the run to avoid those looking to recover the money, including sociopathic killer Anton Chigurh ( Javier Bardem ), who confounds both Llewelyn and local sheriff Ed Tom Bell ( Tommy Lee Jones ).