confront
verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt 
confronted; confronting; confronts
1
: to face especially in challenge : oppose
confront an enemy
The mayor was confronted by a group of protesters.
2
a
: to cause to meet : bring face-to-face
confront a reader with statistics
confronted her with the evidence
b
: to meet face-to-face : encounter
confronted the possibility of failure
confronter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of confront in a Sentence
They confronted the invaders at the shore.
She confronted him about his smoking.
The country is reluctant to confront its violent past.
The photographs confront the viewer with images of desperate poverty.
I confronted her with the evidence.
Recent Examples on the Web
In October 2020, according to investigators, Gentry tailed 32-year-old Tiffany Kidwell to her sister’s house in Walton and confronted Kidwell about seeing his children.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
Things only get worse for Rusty when prosecutors, including Della Guarda (Fagbenle) and Tommy Molto (Sarsgaard) name him the prime suspect, and his wife, Barbara (Negga), and kids (Chase Infiniti and Kingston Rumi Southwick) are forced to confront his adulterous past.
—EW.com, 12 July 2024
To make these points, the storytellers needed to confront one of the oldest and most persistent conspiracy theories involving the Moon landing, and despite how conspiratorial our present day is, even NASA welcomed the idea of using the conspiracy to drive home these greater themes.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
Lattice skyrocketed to success thanks to pandemic-era remote work and a tight labor market that forced companies to confront hiring and employee-support practices that were previously unconventional.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 July 2024
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
Things only get worse for Rusty when prosecutors, including Della Guarda (Fagbenle) and Tommy Molto (Sarsgaard) name him the prime suspect, and his wife, Barbara (Negga), and kids (Chase Infiniti and Kingston Rumi Southwick) are forced to confront his adulterous past.
—EW.com, 12 July 2024
To make these points, the storytellers needed to confront one of the oldest and most persistent conspiracy theories involving the Moon landing, and despite how conspiratorial our present day is, even NASA welcomed the idea of using the conspiracy to drive home these greater themes.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
Lattice skyrocketed to success thanks to pandemic-era remote work and a tight labor market that forced companies to confront hiring and employee-support practices that were previously unconventional.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for confront
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“Confront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confront. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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confront
verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt
1
: to face especially in challenge : oppose
confront an enemy
2
: to bring face-to-face : cause to meet
confronted with difficulties
confrontation
noun
ˌkän-(ˌ)frən-ˈtā-shən
Legal Definition
confront
transitive verb
con·front
kən-ˈfrənt
: to face or bring face-to-face for the purpose of challenging especially through cross-examination
the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him—U.S. Constitution amend. VI
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