How to Use confrontation in a Sentence

confrontation

noun

• He would prefer not to have a confrontation with the authorities.
• We seek to avoid military confrontation at all costs.
• There were several violent confrontations between rival gangs.
• We want cooperation, not confrontation.
• See the remarkable near-confrontation on the House floor.
  — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• The main advantage of this passive approach is that there is less confrontation.
  — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• The confrontation was the latest in a dispute between the two neighbors over Owens’ children playing in a grassy area near both of their houses.
  — Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
• That issue could lead to regional confrontation, rising oil prices and plunging financial markets.
  — Aaron David Miller, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023
• Detectives do not believe Musk was present during the confrontation, according to the statement.
  — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2022
• Sarah’s confrontation with Jamie would be the highlight of a normal episode, the definitive moment when something shifts between them and things can never truly be the same.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
• His confrontations with Luis Suarez against Inter Miami showed a player with fire and a hunger to win even in the later stages of his career.
  — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
• Kurzel deliberately worked out the schedule so the two actors could be kept apart until that confrontation, bringing an extra charge to the moment as their characters size each other up.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
• Remembering and reliving the situation through telling the story in Sarona was a massive confrontation that could be seen in their physical reactions.
  — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2023
• But her staff has had to learn to endure and defuse confrontations.
  — Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 19 May 2024
• In each of our projects, the output is always the result of a confrontation between us and the artist.
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
• The joy of House of Villains comes from all the styles of confrontation the contestants come up against.
  — Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• The confrontation underscored the high-stakes risks of the conflict.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• Layton wound up in a confrontation in the last car with Wilford, who’d weathered the outside to board the train from the back.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
• The confrontation prompted the Filipino officials to cut the trip short.
  — Camille Elemia, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• After the game, Propst said his son was about to run on the field to join a confrontation between other players.
  — Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail], al, 29 Aug. 2023
• The legal back-and-forth ramped up weeks after the airport confrontation.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
• Major Bets likened the confrontations to a boxing match.
  — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• The shooter in that rampage died in a confrontation with police inside the school.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2023
• The confrontation When Fatou learned what had been done to her daughter, her first call was to her sister.
  — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
• To ask the question is to assume that such a confrontation is even possible.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The jump scares are predictable and tacky, and the final confrontation drags on forever.
  — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 26 July 2024
• Cody Weems told the station that the woman pulled out a knife during the confrontation and stabbed his wife multiple times.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• Contee said there was no confrontation between Lewis and Blake before the shot was fired.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
• The patient fired one shot during the confrontation, police said.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2024
• The victim called Mills' wife later that evening and Mills' wife seemed unaware of the confrontation earlier in the evening, the complaint states.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024