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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh n-fruhnt
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfrʌnt



Définition of confronting

Origin :
  • 1560s, "to stand in front of," from Middle French confronter (15c.), from Medieval Latin confrontare "assign limits, adjoin," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + frontem (nominative frons) "forehead" (see front (n.)). Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is late 16c. Related: Confronted; confronting.
  • adj facing
Example sentences :
  • She shrank, as many a woman has shrunk before, from confronting him with his lie.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Then once more I faced the task of confronting this dead likeness of myself.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Confronting this world (that is nature and man) there is another world which is God.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • With a hand to her throat, she wheeled swiftly round, confronting him.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • We had halted now, and were confronting each other in the descending gloom.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • She looked at her son, who had shifted his position, so that he was now confronting her.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • She was on her feet, confronting him ere he had time to speak again.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He leapt, and in a flash his tall figure was confronting the leader of the attack.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Miko was now confronting me; at the door Moa stood watching.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • He had been confronting the girl for some time before she became aware of his presence.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

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