Meanings of confound expectations in English

Hers is a story that consistently twists and turns to, almost, confound expectations.

Damon Albarn turned 50 in March and appears more determined than ever to confound expectations.

He is a significant talent, who will be crucial if Hull are to continue to confound expectations.

The show, which will travel to Barcelona and Washington, also aims to confound expectations and explode a few myths.

It would confound expectations.

If there is one trait that has defined the Sussexes' royal years it was an ability to time and again confound expectations.

The Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University doesn't sound like the most obvious source of ground-breaking cinema to rattle senses and confound expectations.

Leave it to Em to continue confounding expectations this late in the game.

The euro's resilience, despite a patchy economic recovery, has confounded expectations.

Then again Arsenal had experience of confounding expectations under George Graham.

Only a year ago, the Conservatives confounded expectations in local elections, but times have changed.

The services PMI's rise to the highest level since July confounded expectations for a fall.

The FDA's decision to issue Novo with a so-called "complete response letter" confounded expectations.

What was striking about Smith's role and her performance was how much it confounded expectations, hers included.

It's only fitting that this series confounds expectations and ends up being surprisingly affecting in the process.

That was the weakest reading since 1960, but confounded expectations that it would fall into negative territory.