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Meanings of muddled in anglès

Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.

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Examples for "woolly"
Examples for "woolly"
1
Tens of thousands of years ago, woolly mammoths roamed the northern hemisphere.
BBC
2
The woolly-haired African race includes the negroes and the very primitive bushmen.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
3
There were in the cave a number of stout and woolly rams.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
4
Unlike many prehistoric rhinos, woolly rhinos would be quite recognisable to us.
BBC
5
My mind feels quite woolly, and the walls of the room shimmer.
The Oracle Glass
1
Valerian knew that there was no point in arguing with the god-addled.
Imperatrix
2
There was enough in his pipe to keep him addled 'til dawn.
Drood: a novel
3
Even in ruins, drug-addled and bloated, he made the faithful feel blessed.
The Guardian
4
His addled brains are crammed with the wildest and most ignorant superstitions.'
Aylwin
5
Doubts, beliefs, suspicions and truths addled with syllables which make a name.
Praetor's Lunch
1
A befuddled Koch asks why the small sum would make a difference.
Reuters
2
His wide range of interests is masked by a faux-befuddled everyman persona.
The Irish Times
3
He looks confused now, befuddled, and I remember he has been drinking.
The center of everything
4
And then McIntyre waits for the befuddled replies and reads them out.
The Irish Times
5
She looked befuddled, cute, a child dressed up for a greeting card.
While i'm falling
1
Spencer was still muzzy with painkillers and dazed by an anesthesia-born hangover.
Before you know kindness
2
Worse still, his head felt muzzy and there was a sneeze brewing.
Something in the water
3
His thoughts were muzzy and he tried to shake the feeling.
The chamber of ten
4
I tell you, I was paralyzed; my brain was cider muzzy.
Servant of a dark god
5
The kicking stopped, and in the pause the muzzy oracular voice announced from within-
The End of the Tether
1
He emanates a wooly warmth even though his demeanor is somewhat aloof.
The Irish Times
2
They are especially common in tiger moths and wooly bear moths.
Wired
3
Two more funnels appeared behind the first, wooly tubes dropping from the clouds.
The story of edgar sawtelle
4
Those wooly worms was growing thicker hair for to stand a hard winter.
Serena
5
She pulled her wooly cardigan tightly around herself and headed downstairs.
Fiendish deeds
1
No, those things always make you woolly-headed the whole next day.
Sister Mine
2
She never liked them, said they made her feel woolly-headed.
Mr. Mercedes
3
He was woolly-headed and his wool was just getting gray.
Lonesome dove
4
Little black woolly-headed baby with no clothes on!
The Bed-Book of Happiness / Being a colligation or assemblage of...
5
The congregation was black and woolly-headed-Hottentotschiefly, I believe, though there may have been some Kafirs amongst them.
Six Months at the Cape
Usage of muddled in anglès
1
If the south achieves freedom it is through their work, however muddled.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
2
Confusion muddled his mind-hewasn't quite sure what to think or say.
The Scorch Trials
3
That issue settled, my mind drifted to another muddled order of business.
Private Sector
4
And in normal circumstances everything would be dismissed as muddled red tape.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
5
The knock-out drops muddled her; but he went down like a log.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
6
For something tremendous has happened; I must face it without getting muddled.
A Room with a View
7
Shearson Lehman muddled through for almost ten years under the Amex umbrella.
A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
8
It's not all muddled and misleading though: one illuminating comment proves useful!
The South African
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The message could be muddled when Russia and soccer converge in 2018.
Reuters
10
That is not the only time the government's message has been muddled.
News.com.au
11
Georgina's account, although muddled in details, had the authentic oddity of Dickens.
The Guardian
12
This matter could be as simple as temporarily heightened and muddled feelings.
The South African
13
Things were happening too quickly for his acid-muddled mind to catch up.
Apocalypse of the Dead
14
Anne tried to think of Simopolis, but her thoughts quickly became muddled.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
15
We are all in rather a muddled state with our President affair.
Vailima Letters / Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis...
16
It was only a muddled dream that you saw in your sleep.'
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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