All 7 Uses of
confront
in
The Chocolate War
- He confronted only strangers, nobody from school.†
Chpt 3
- He hated confrontations.†
Chpt 3
- He looked up at the advertising placards above the windows, wanting to turn his thoughts away from the confrontation.†
Chpt 3confrontation = an argument or a hostile situation
- Stepping into the men's room to grab a quick smoke, Archie had pulled open the door to one of the stalls and confronted Janza sitting there, pants dropping on the floor, one hand furiously at work between his legs.†
Chpt 15
- So easy to be like the others, not to have to confront those terrible eyes every morning.†
Chpt 19
- All these so-called rough characters melted into ninety-seven-pound weaklings when confronted by Archie and The Vigils.†
Chpt 27
- He also ached for a chance to confront Janza.
Chpt 35 *confront = challenge
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