All 10 Uses of
confront
in
Gone with the Wind
- The old men and boys of the Home Guard marched by, the graybeards almost too weary to lift their feet, the boys wearing the faces of tired children, confronted too early with adult problems.†
Chpt 3.18 *
- She did not think of it consciously but in the back of her mind, whenever she was confronted by an unpleasant and difficult task, the idea lurked giving her strength: "I've done murder and so I can surely do this.†
Chpt 3.26
- She had intended that the negroes should do the field work, while she and the convalescent girls attended to the house, but here she was confronted with a caste feeling even stronger than her own.†
Chpt 3.26
- Most of all Frank had contempt for him for holding on to the Confederate gold, when honest men like Admiral Bulloch and others confronted with the same situation had turned back thousands to the Federal treasury.†
Chpt 4.36
- As usual when confronted by Melanie's habit of attributing worthy motives where no worth existed, Scarlett was ashamed and irritated, and suddenly she could not meet either Ashley's or Melanie's eyes.†
Chpt 4.41
- Confronted with the prospect of negro rule, the future seemed dark and hopeless, and the embittered state smarted and writhed helplessly.†
Chpt 4.44
- So engrossed had they been in their gossip that they had not heard her light tread and now, confronted by their hostess, they looked like whispering schoolgirls caught by a teacher.†
Chpt 5.49
- Death was in the room and she had no strength to confront it, to fight it back and she was frightened.†
Chpt 5.56
- Melanie rose to her feet, confused, her heart quailing at the thought of confronting Rhett.†
Chpt 5.59
- Instead of dropping her eyes or glaring defiantly, as did other light women when confronted by ladies, Belle gave her stare for stare, searching her face with an intent, almost pitying look that brought a flush to Scarlett's cheek.†
Chpt 5.60
Definition:
-
(confront) to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence