These various small accomplishments resulted in that appearance of success which deceives youth and befogs it about the future.
"The Lesser Bourgeoisie"
Honore de Balzac
A great deal of the irrational and injurious "teaching" of singing that prevails everywhere, and of the controversy that befogs the subject, is due to the widely prevalent notion that the little vocal cords are the principal cause of tone, whereas they are in themselves insignificant as sound producers.
"Resonance in Singing and Speaking"
Thomas Fillebrown
The best of all, The Master of Ballantrae, ends in a bog; and where the author aspires to exceptional subtlety of character-drawing he befogs us or himself altogether.
"Robert Louis Stevenson a Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial"
Alexander H. Japp