All 4 Uses of
confront
in
Brave New World
- A blubbered and distorted face confronted her; the creature was crying.†
p. 119..6 *
- The two low work-tables faced one another; between them crawled the conveyor with its load of separate parts; forty-seven blonde heads were confronted by forty-seven brown ones.†
p. 160..2
- At the foot of every bed, confronting its moribund occupant, was a television box.†
p. 198..7
- A group stood clustered at the foot of her bed, staring with the frightened and stupid curiosity of animals suddenly confronted by the unknown.†
p. 202..2
Definition:
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(confront) to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence