'seeming confusion' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe when something appears to be confusing even though it may not be true. For example, "There was a seeming confusion about the meeting time, but it was actually scheduled for the same time as usual."
Yet Dreiser's seeming confusion in no way lessens the power of the novel.
Perhaps, several said in recent days, the seeming confusion is all part of a design to keep the enemy in the dark, but perhaps it is something else.
Carson's strangely immobile face and body in the wings may or may not have been due to an ingested sedative, but his immobility, unresponsiveness and seeming confusion as he hesitated backstage matched the symptoms of sedation.
Gladwin Hill, of the Times, stuck close to the Beverly Hills angle of the story-the publishers apparent degree of control of the editorial policy of his mighty venture up to his death, the reported presence of Miss Davies as well as of the Hearst sons at the bedside, the seeming confusion in the Hearst organization in the hours following his death.
On Monday, Sparano's seeming confusion over the math was matched by his explanation: "I just didn't know how many more at-bats that team was going to get, O.K.? The way the game was going, and with where we were offensively in this football game, I had no idea how many more at-bats that team was going to get".
But often lost in the seeming confusion of the last year or so has been the fact that whoever is selected, the 72-year-old Mr. Masur, who has done so much to restore the orchestra to a lofty international standard of performance since taking it over in 1991, is to remain in place for two more seasons.
Maybe it was for the books – at least, books were the end result of her seeming confusions.
Nothing is what it seems, confusion reigns and the divisions in the boardroom continue to undermine any hopes of finding success on the field.
"There seems to confusion because of the emergency legislation that was brought in for the championship," she said.
They are places of seeming chaos and confusion, blessedly free of most of the uniform brand names that have stamped themselves on to international retailing.
Additional views were expressed regarding confusion seeming to prevail regarding the understandability of the national fANC guidelines.
