All 5 Uses of
confront
in
Childhood's End
- As you know, for the last five years we have tried to awaken the human race to the danger that confronts it.†
Chpt 2
- Nations, as well as individuals, could lose their spirit when confronted by a challenge which they could not meet.†
Chpt 3 *
- Stormgren could see at once that he was now confronted by men of a much higher calibre, and the group opposite him reminded him strongly of a picture he had once seen of Lenin and his associates in the first days of the Russian Revolution.†
Chpt 3
- Our problem in bringing up these children must, I imagine, be very similar to yours when confronted with the human race.†
Chpt 17
- The greatest danger that confronted you was of a different character altogether-and it did not concern your race alone.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(confront) to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence