4 uses
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Definition
to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone — often by presenting evidence
or:
to challenge someone — often by presenting evidence
- Mr. Ewell backed up into the witness chair, settled himself, and regarded Atticus with haughty suspicion, an expression common to Maycomb County witnesses when confronted by opposing counsel.p. 234.6
confronted = faced or challenged
- Then he jumped, landed unhurt, and his sense of responsibility left him until confronted by the Radley Place.p. 17.8
- Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all clergymen.p. 162.2
- It was plain that he had never been confronted with a problem of this kind.p. 240.6
confronted = challenged (having come to face)
confronted = faced
confronted = faced or challenged
There are no more uses of "confront" in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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