All 3 Uses of
confront
in
The Fountainhead
- It was a request that had not confronted him for a long time.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- He had returned from his journey, crushed by the universal spectacle of religion, most particularly by the various forms in which the promise of hell confronted him all over the earth.†
Chpt 2.12
- When a coal-mining community was paralyzed by a strike, the Banner opened soup-kitchens and printed tragic stories on the perils confronting the miners' pretty daughters under the pressure of poverty.†
Chpt 3.1
Definition:
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(confront) to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence