faced up (to)

past tense of face up (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for faced up (to)
Verb
  • When officers eventually entered the property, they were confronted with a shocking sight.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Following a trip to Bash Steed’s villainous lair, our trio returns home, where they’re confronted by Renée Zellweger’s Camila White.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After graduating from the Chicago Academy of Art and then the Berklee College of Music in 2001, Tranter fronted the glam-rock revival group Semi Precious Weapons, gaining famous fans like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Sam Smith.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Duggan and his co-owner, sister Elena Duggan, spent the past several years converting that former eatery into a stylish 9,000-square-foot space fronted by the iconic yellow-gold Original Joe’s sign.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hundreds of other homes, like Harrington's, faced major damages.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Once again, Weaver faced three batters to start the seventh inning and didn’t get any of them out, allowing a walk to Daulton Varsho before Anthony Santander singled and Andrés Giménez cracked an RBI single.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What’s clear is that the power of that institution is now in the hands of hacks who clock in every single morning determined solely to purge this country of any citizen who ever dared to challenge or dislike this president.
    Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But the two Prime Ministers who dared to suggest freezing the highest public pensions were immediately voted out of office by both the Left and Marine Le Pen’s far-right.
    Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But thankfully, quick-thinking surfers braved the wild water to save their lives.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Among some of the most successful artists to have braved the auditions and been chosen by at least one of the coaches are Morgan Wallen, Melanie Martinez, Koryn Hawthorne, Loren Allred and the late Christina Grimmie.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Faced up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faced%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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