CONFRONT in a Sentence

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110 example sentences for CONFRONT, such as:
1. A soldier has to confront danger.
2. He is willing to confront problems directly.
3. She was confronted with severe money problems.
4. They were to confront the eager rush of the enemy.
5. The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CONFRONT
confront
 v.  oppose, as in hostility or a competition
 v.  present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
Classic Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1  Death was in the room and she had no strength to confront it, to fight it back and she was frightened.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
2  She continued to confront him with the same air of ironic composure.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
3  She disappeared into her work-room with the vest, leaving me to confront the Pole, who stood against the door like a wooden figure.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
4  The youth and the tattered soldier followed, sneaking as if whipped, feeling unable to face the stricken man if he should again confront them.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  They were to confront the eager rush of the enemy.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
6  As he passed through each curling mass the youth wondered what would confront him on the farther side.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
7  Tom Gradgrind, as your son, young Tom, refuses for some obstinate reason or other to say anything at all about those statements, good or bad, I am obliged to confront her with your daughter.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
8  The girl gradually recovered her senses; and, staggering to a chair by the bedside, hid her face upon the pillow: leaving Mr. Sikes to confront the new comers, in some astonishment at their unlooked-for appearance.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
9  Yes, but they will make you then sign your declaration, and confront you with him you have denounced; I will supply you with the means of supporting your accusation, for I know the fact well.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Conspiracy.
10  I always thought this was business, this was the way to confront the thing, this was the way to take the foe by the throat.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIV
11  That is to say, without mincing words, he invariably set before his hearers the sorrows and the difficulties which may confront a man, the trials and the temptations which may beset him.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
12  Those rare dreamers, mysterious priests of the beautiful who silently confront everything with perfection, would have caught a glimpse in this little working-woman, through the transparency of her Parisian grace, of the ancient sacred euphony.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR
13  The old men and boys of the Home Guard marched by, the graybeards almost too weary to lift their feet, the boys wearing the faces of tired children, confronted too early with adult problems.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
14  She had intended that the negroes should do the field work, while she and the convalescent girls attended to the house, but here she was confronted with a caste feeling even stronger than her own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  As usual when confronted by Melanie's habit of attributing worthy motives where no worth existed, Scarlett was ashamed and irritated, and suddenly she could not meet either Ashley's or Melanie's eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1  He is willing to confront problems directly.
2  Counsellors encourage victims of crime to confront their emotions.
3  She didn't want to confront the inescapable fact that she would have to sell the house.
4  We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.
5  She decided to confront her boss about the situation with direct questioning.
6  A soldier has to confront danger.
7  Here in the heart of conservative Texas, young criminals, murderers and thugs are forced to confront military style discipline, a traditional view of right and wrong.
8  Here in the heart of conservative Texas, young criminals, murderers are forced to confront military style discipline.
9  As she left the court, she was confronted by angry crowds who tried to block her way.
10  I thought I would remain calm, but when I was confronted with/by the TV camera, I became very nervous.
11  He confronted her with a choice between her career or their relationship.
12  Revered by many, the institution now finds itself confronted by critics.
13  She was confronted with severe money problems.
14  The new system was confronted with great difficulties at the start.
15  The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate.