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Discover LudwigThe phrase "confounded by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing confusion or bewilderment about something.
Example: "She was confounded by the complexity of the math problem, unable to find a solution."
Alternatives: "puzzled by" or "perplexed by".
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Critics have been confounded by the flame.
Aarons is confounded by magazines today.
Lamoriello is confounded by the Nets' inability to draw fans.
Millions of viewers may have been confounded by the result.
His mother, loving but harried, is confounded by his behaviour.
Vatican thrift, however, is sometimes confounded by staff laxity.
They were confounded by those who could celebrate her death.
He is confounded by the building boom enveloping him.
At first I was somewhat confounded by this.
Even educators are confounded by this precarious age.
Other passersby were confounded by the new box.
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