Indeed, its sluggishness has confounded even the experts.

The US representatives were perplexed the Europeans were shocked.

I won't confuse my child by hurting him and trying to demand respect in return.

Confuse the voters enough, and eventually more will be likely to stay with the horse they know.

Perhaps an alliance between Conservatives and Liberals the two parties ostensibly farthest apart in their views confounded everyone out of their certainties.

A month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a fiery speech against the project during the Munich Conference on Security Policy. The US representatives were perplexed the Europeans were shocked.

Whereas the demands of Arab demonstrators concern governance at home, the current turmoil can be used to help end a conflict that has confounded the world for decades. Delaying the Israeli Palestinian peace process would be a costly blunder.