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Discover LudwigThe phrase "muddled by" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to talk about something that has been complicated or confused by something else. For example: His explanation of the situation was muddled by his rambling.
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The question is muddled by history.
Unfortunately, that voice has been muddled by the Obama administration.
The answers were mostly muddled by the particulars.
His team are designing directional GPS antennae which are unlikely to be muddled by such interference.
The question of Django's agency is muddled by Mr. Tarantino's fealty to genre.
Although it has been muddled by competing standards, the market is maturing.
Shapps conceded that the argument over fairness was muddled by these different interpretations.
These boundaries were muddled by the appearance of magazines such as n+1.
Much of the dancing was muddled by the backdrop of a grainy video.
But he finds the author's larger point "muddled by his anti-Yankee animus".
The first job in "Pirates" was muddled by Ruth, Frederic's nurse.
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