Sentence examples for confusing by using from inspiring English sources

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"E" alone is "bed," but with the apex it's more like the sound in "café." Unfortunately, modern Latin spelling has made this very confusing by using the macron to denote length of vowels, too, when it's normally used to denote long syllables.

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I'm confused by use of  "release date" (as for a database)  surely "publication date"  is meant?

Although devices which do not affect public systems, "in theory", do not have to conform to this policy, in practice DNS service, and other software may become confused by use of addresses outside these ranges if not specially configured.

Fund managers often confuse investors by using the wrong benchmark as a basis of comparison for fund performance.

The Philippine secretary of health, Manuel M. Dayril, criticized the W.H.O. for confusing the public by using terms like probable case.

If www.yourname.com is already taken and your business has a large online component, you run the risk of confusing your customers by using another Web address.

Try not to confuse your child by using vague or obscure words to describe the act of using the toilet or the names of particular body parts.

They confuse the authorities by using a coded language that blends English, Spanish and the Aztecs' ancient tongue of Nahuatl.

The last thing you'd want is to confuse your client by using unfamiliar terms, or insult your client by using too simple explanations.

Having used the Yiddishism noodge, a noun meaning "pest, annoying nag, persistent complainer," Lieberman went on to confuse the assembled glitterati by using the English verb nudge as if it were interchangeable with the Yiddish noun: "We will nudge you, but we will never become censors".

It asked people to "overwhelm and confuse" this surveillance effort by using a Facebook feature to signal their presence at the protest.

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