confront

[kənˈfrʌnt]

Definition:
1. Oppose, as in hostility or a competition.
2. Deal with (something unpleasant) head on.
3. Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.
4. Be face to face with.

Use 'confront' in a sentence:

1. She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt.
2. Now they confront big choices.
3. I could not bring myself to confront him about it.
4. He's confronted crowds before and faced them down.
5. Confront, Forgive, and Forget.
6. But Eduardo seemed ready to confront reality.
7. Every so often, though, he tried to confront himself.
8. Julie: Should you ever confront your stalker?
9. But two problems still confront steelmakers.
10. The same problem may confront Prince William.
11. You need to confront those who have sided against you.
12. They are eager to confront their guests with full frontal interrogations about their marriages.
13. She knew that she had to confront her fears.
14. I am confronted by many difficulties.
15. Confront the problem. Do not avoid it.
16. She was confronted with severe money problems.
17. And perhaps, says Diels, we'll be able to confront some other meteorological menaces.
18. She had decided to confront Kathryn with the truth.
19. Inspirational speeches confront the emotions.
20. Confront the Senator?
21. We must confront future with optimism.
22. He who was usually so full of questions lacked the will to confront her with them.
23. Confront the fear until you become distressed.
24. They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police.
25. Not even a great health-care system can cure death—and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours.
26. How to confront the menace?
27. If you've successfully mustered the willpower to kick a bad habit or leave a dead-end job, you gain the confidence to confront other challenges.
28. Confront your demons.
29. The question will confront New Yorkers in February as the city's first robotic parking opens in Chinatown.
30. The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate.
31. His confronting me forced me to search for the answers.
32. Some people need to confront a traumatic past; others find it better to leave it alone.
33. He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcise the pain.
34. Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on.
35. Yet the complexities that confront those who would study such materials are not wholly different from those recently surmounted by historians of criminal law in England during the same period.
36. The obstacles confronting the organization are enormous.
37. In his latest collection of poems readers are confronted with a series of reflections on death.
38. Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.
39. How does it compare with the other, seemingly perpetual health scares we confront, like panic over lead in synthetic athletic fields?
40. It is worthwhile to suffer for our dreams, even though we may confront difficulties.
41. When you're confronted with the problem, emotions kick in, fear kicks in, and you don't always do the rational and thought-out approach.
42. When we confronted him, he denied everything.
43. The government found itself confronted by massive opposition.
44. NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.
45. You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your teenager.
46. He confronted her with a choice between her career or their relationship.
47. This was the first time he had confronted an armed robber.
48. We are learning how to confront death.
49. Most people when confronted with a horse will pat it.
50. You take an obsession and confront it directly.
51. I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.
52. Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them.
53. We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.