How to Use confront in a Sentence

confront

verb

• They confronted the invaders at the shore.
• I confronted her with the evidence.
• 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.
• There are hints that the show plans to confront some of this.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• Deputies confronted Ikeguchi on foot about a mile from the scene of the shooting.
  — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
• But this is the first time I’ve been confronted with this.
  — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
• The man in that car gets out, and is confronted by two men in the other car, the video shows.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
• The scene then switches to Robyn confronting Kody outside in the snow.
  — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
• When one of the bartenders noticed and came onto the floor to confront him, the man ran to the back of the restaurant.
  — Erin Patrick O'Connor, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• The 25-year-old cop was confronted by two men on 43rd Ave.
  — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
• On Monday, the men confront Wales (pop. 3.1 million) in the World Cup.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• What goes down when Walt confronts Jack at the compound?
  — Will Harris, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
• That’s the fate of efforts to confront climate change at the moment.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2022
• Will Portia put the pieces of the puzzle together and muster up the courage to confront him?
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
• Tune into others on the 4th, and confront issues on the 5th.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 June 2023
• Your home may begin to feel stale when Venus confronts Uranus.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
• Tom Lynch, a D.C. police spokesman, said the guard confronted the youths and took the items away, but the youths grabbed the items back and ran to the vehicle in the garage.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• Why was now the perfect time for Stede and Blackbeard to confront their issues?
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• The drivers confronted each other in the garage area, and Stenhouse Jr. took the first swing.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
• There are two ways of confronting the tensions that have seized hold of Europe in recent days and weeks.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
• Tuesday will be the victims' first chance to confront Brooks while he is forced to sit and listen.
  — Todd Richmond, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
• Adding to the concerns was a report that the man claimed to have a gun and had threatened to confront a staff member at a group home.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2022
• So trusting us to lead would mean confronting centuries of bias.
  — Kedean Smith, Essence, 3 Apr. 2025
• Then one of the protesters confronts the man and the two put up their fists before the protester punches the man.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2024
• They're being confronted at the front end, and those things are being looked at.
  — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
• The suspect was confronted by sheriff’s deputies about a mile from Mag.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• The things missing in our leaders today are a recognition of evil, the resolve to confront it, and the courage to act.
  — WSJ, 9 June 2022
• Such pay-for-performance arrangements are just one of many efforts by industry players and state officials to confront the problems plaguing primary care.
  — Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025