CONFIRMATION in a Sentence

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218 example sentences for CONFIRMATION, such as:
1. One of the men nodded in confirmation.
2. He kept coming back to her for confirmation.
3. The rumours of an attack were later confirmed.
4. Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission.
5. There has still been no official confirmation of the report.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CONFIRMATION
confirmation
 n.  making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
 n.  additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
Classic Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1  But she knew she looked pretty even before she saw confirmation in his eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Wade, beaming, pocketed the bill and looked anxiously toward his mother for confirmation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
3  Her way of glossing over the transaction with Trenor he regarded at once as a tribute to his own acuteness, and a confirmation of his suspicions.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
4  She read, too, in his answering gaze the delicious confirmation of her triumph, and for the moment it seemed to her that it was for him only she cared to be beautiful.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
5  He kept coming back to her for confirmation.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  But the bodings of the crew were destined to receive a most plausible confirmation in the fate of one of their number that morning.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
7  Duncan turned quickly in the direction indicated by the other's eyes, and read a confirmation of his worst apprehensions in the conduct of the Indians.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
8  They had answered his melancholy and mourning by sympathy and sorrow; his assertions, by gestures of confirmation; and his boasting, with the exultation of savages.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
9  I had hitherto supposed him to be the murderer of my brother, and I eagerly sought a confirmation or denial of this opinion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
10  One of the men nodded in confirmation.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  I was about indignantly to give my assertion the confirmation he required, when he caught hold of my hand, and gave it a squeeze.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
12  My aunt nodded confirmation of this hope, and imparted great satisfaction to Mr. Peggotty.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 51. THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY
13  Letters may, of course, be a partial confirmation; but detection in the fact there must be of the most direct kind, that is, by eyewitnesses.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 5
14  And going over the events of the last few days, it seemed to her that she saw in everything a confirmation of this terrible idea.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 31
15  And imagining that in this direction something important which he had long awaited was drawing near, he strolled about watching and listening to conversations, but nowhere finding any confirmation of the ideas that occupied him.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XXII
Example Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  The police are seeking independent confirmation of certain details of the story.
2  Here, graphically displayed, was confirmation of the entire story.
3  There has still been no official confirmation of the report.
4  Most hotels require confirmation from a prospective guest in writing.
5  It was announced that the times were provisional and subject to confirmation.
6  A Russian bank has apparently agreed to handle the cash in return for written confirmation that it will face no penalty for breaching US rules prohibiting dealings with North Korea.
7  In the next news cycle or during the next big story, will mainstream media remain inclined to wait for confirmation from the AP or The New York Times?
8  The confirmation came from Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair in congressional testimony last week.
9  The confirmation wouldn't mean "women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids."
10  It has been confirmed that Lewis's next fight will be against Bruno.
11  The rumour is that there is a sequel to the movie in the works, although this has not been confirmed.
12  The rumours of an attack were later confirmed.
13  Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission.
14  There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats.
15  He was confirmed posthumously as a member of the Chinese Communist Party.