+100 Confused Words Examples Sentences, Confused Words List and Sentences
accept
All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.
All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society.
except
Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.
Alec keeps sending me annoying photos. Lots of captions like Wish you were here, except not really.
affect
An alcoholic’s behavior and mental impairment while drunk can profoundly affect those surrounding him and lead to isolation from family and friends.
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.
effect
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
allowed
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
As a young boy, I read ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.
aloud
He makes it a rule to read aloud every day.
The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma.
ate
A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
Alex accidentally ate some rat poison.
eight
…if a person hits you in the exact same place for eight consecutive matches, perhaps you should pause and think.
A 16-year-old should sleep eight or seven hours a day.
break
If you make a cake, you firstly break eggs.
Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.
brake
My car needs a brake job.
Please don’t brake suddenly.
by
‘Beauty’ is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.
… there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
buy
You cannot buy everything.
I will buy a house in the game if I have enough game money.
coarse
He wished she knew his impressions, but he would as soon as thought of carrying an odour in a net as of attempting to convey the intangibles of his feeling in the coarse meshes of language. So he remained silent.
Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.
course
A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you’ve got to do it – but of course it does cause problems.
A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.
ensure
As a mom, I understand how important it is to ensure kids start their day right and always make sure my kids have a nutritious breakfast. One in five U.S. children live in homes where food is not always available, which is why I partnered with Kellogg’s on their ‘Share Your Breakfast’ campaign, which provide breakfasts to kids in need.
Careful preparations ensure success.
insure
I’d like to insure my luggage.
Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.
farther
Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark.
I gave him a smile. I was aiming for sweet, but he turned a shade paler and scooted a bit farther from me. Note to self: work more on sweet and less on psycho-killer.
further
A further reduction would make us go into the red.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
for
‘Handsome’ means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered – and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn’t hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.
‘Men have forgotten this truth,’ said the fox. ‘But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.’
four
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions.
A square has four angles.
forth
Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.
Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.
fourth
Carbon is the fourth most abundant chemical element in the observable universe by mass after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen.
He got married for the fourth time.
hear
I don’t want to hear this.
Alex and I were astonished to hear what had happened.
here
“Come here quickly,” he said, frowning.
Look at here.
loose
Did you loose anyone out of the boat?
I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama’s boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her task. It will take a crowbar, two bulldozers and half a dozen Molotov cocktails to pry my Oedipus and me loose from one another.
lose
If you lose the match, you will be angry.
You will be angry if you lose the match.
peace
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
A bad peace is even worse than war.
piece
A patch panel is a piece of hardware with multiple ports that helps organize a group of cables.
A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a systems analyst, but it had to start somewhere.
plain
As plain as the nose on a man’s face.
As plain as two and two make four.
plane
A plane is flying above the village.
principle
A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.
principal
I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.
I met the principal himself.
quiet
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
Alex was very quiet yesterday.
quite
He is a very successful person, but his self-confidence is quite low.
3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies for live-action movies we’re just taking baby steps, we’re just in the beginning.
than
“Ah, my daughter,” he said. “Eighteen, and already you’ve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see.” He paused. “I couldn’t be prouder.
‘Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.
then
You wash your hand first and then eat.
A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.
to
“Don’t do drugs. I feel I ought to say that.
“I’ve learned I need to consult you in matters, lest you decapitate me.
too
“You’re such a girl,” she chided, but somehow the words came out too soft…too tender, and ended up sounding like a compliment.
You must come home with your cousin before it’s too late.
weak
Alex is too weak to lift himself.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
week
Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I’m a good friend or not a good friend. I’m more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That’s just life, whether or not you’re public.
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
weather
Although the weather was very hot, he wore coats and sweaters.
We thought the weather would be nice; conversely It snowed yesterday.
whether
Bilica would support him whether she were (was) right or not.
A good businessman never makes a contract unless he’s sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.
which
‘Peace Train’ is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.
… the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.
witch
Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.
who
‘Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
…the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
whom
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.
A person however learned and qualified in his life’s work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.
