All 4 Uses of
confront
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- The genuine realist, if he is an unbeliever, will always find strength and ability to disbelieve in the miraculous, and if he is confronted with a miracle as an irrefutable fact he would rather disbelieve his own senses than admit the fact.†
Chpt 1 *
- The prosecutor turned to Nikolay Parfenovitch and said to him impressively: "Confront him with it."†
Chpt 9
- He was caught unawares and confronted with his judges, the arbiters of his destiny.†
Chpt 12
- And well it is that they stand aside, but maybe they will cease one day to do so and will form a firm wall confronting the hurrying apparition and will check the frenzied rush of our lawlessness, for the sake of their own safety, enlightenment and civilization.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(confront) to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence