Sentence examples for confusing effect from inspiring English sources

And rather than following a straight narrative arc, Lacy jumps from one story to another, then doubles back again — to confusing effect.

In another series of canvases, the English translation of a quotation from Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Remarks on Color" is painted over the original German, to deliberately confusing effect.

My visit to the village did not come until nearly six months after the massacre, and by then many there had told their stories again and again to confusing effect -- to the police, to the military, to politicians, to reporters, to human rights groups, to Sikh leaders from India and abroad.

Since syncategorematic terms only affect terms that follow them, moving a term confused by a syncategorematic word before that word will negate the confusing effect of the word.

Combined, they have a confusing effect".

It was now, as the rest of our garments followed, that Evie began to exhibit an increasing perturbation as though whatever was happening before her eyes was having, upon the confidence she had hitherto shown in the distinctness of our identities, a confusing effect.

But now he feeds into the worst values and assumptions of the industry, which almost always finds a way to confuse effect for fashion.

While the intent of France's new law is laudable, rules like this confuse effect with cause, and as a result probably will not slow the tide of e-communication.

But I return to my earlier point: I think that's confusing an effect with the raison d'etre.

Another caveat urges us to avoid confusing the effects of a religion on institutions with its effects on individuals.

It would be reasonable (although somewhat distrusting) to ask whether these researchers were actually confusing the effects of cynicism with other factors that also affect health, and tend to make a person cynical.