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.
• Tuesday will be the victims' first chance to confront Brooks while he is forced to sit and listen.
  — Todd Richmond, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
• Instead of confronting the grumpy old man in his present, the Doctor goes back in time and changes his childhood memories right before his eyes.
  — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
• On Monday, the men confront Wales (pop. 3.1 million) in the World Cup.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• Harrelson also said Parker was let down by her friends and family, who didn't confront her about the fake pregnancy.
  — Chron, 10 Nov. 2022
• One major issue both judges will confront is the extent of Trump’s power to deem documents as his personal property.
  — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• Policymakers have yet to confront the superbug crisis with anything like a Covid-level response.
  — Carlos Del Rio, STAT, 21 Nov. 2022
• Now’s a time when companies can proactively work to confront mounting threats to large portions of their employee bases, and be keenly aware of squashing hateful discourse in the office.
  — Laura Smythe, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• This is a story of a family and a people who must confront a terrible loss, only to be overwhelmed by events heaping greater loss upon them, testing their strength to the breaking point and beyond.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That’s as close as any officer got to confronting Toms.
  — Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• In a poignant sequence in the first book, Tara is confronted, each morning, with having to explain to Thomas what has happened, and what will occur again.
  — Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025