Sample Sentences for
confront
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    Or if you want to confront Jack about it, fine.  (source)
    confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
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    But he did not confront his parents with what he knew, then or ever. He chose instead to make a secret of his dark knowledge and express his rage obliquely, in silence and sullen withdrawal.  (source)
    confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation
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    Did you confront your father?  (source)
    confront = to deal directly with (regarding an unpleasant situation)
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    It was plain that he had never been confronted with a problem of this kind.  (source)
    confronted = faced or challenged
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    He wait until I confront them on it … then he wanna come crying seniority.  (source)
    confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation
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    flight as escape or confrontation; mercy the unspoken wish of the novel's population.  (source)
    confrontation = challenge
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    He seemed to be close to concluding his life without publicly confronting his past.†  (source)
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    As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.†  (source)
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    When he gets there, a river confronts him rather than a stream.†  (source)
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    To a Certain Cantatrice Here, take this gift, I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general, One who should serve the good old cause, the great idea, the progress and freedom of the race, Some brave confronter of despots, some daring rebel; But I see that what I was reserving belongs to you just as much as to any.†  (source)
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    Confronted by a situation which they had never faced before, and having no memories from which to find either solace or wisdom, they would not know what to do and would seek his advice.  (source)
    Confronted = challenged
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    No one in my family or my circle of friends had ever had to confront something like this.  (source)
    confront = face (deal with an unpleasant situation)
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    There was the smell of pea soup, something burning, and confrontation.†  (source)
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