Definition:
Confused - unable to act intelligently, disordered, disoriented.


Example:
“And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.”
~ Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach


Explanation:
In this piece, the speaker tries to convey the sense of confusion by telling of the chaos surrounding him. He speaks of struggle, fighting, and armies, as well as the words confused and ignorant. These words all call up a sense in the reader of a very disorganized, frenzied mess of a situation, and impart the sense of confusion one might feel in such a situation.