Crossword clues for confronting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Confront \Con*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confronting.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.]
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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit.
--Shak.He spoke and then confronts the bull.
--Dryden.Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression.
--Hawthorne.It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England.
--Macaulay. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
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To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of confront English)
WordNet
n. taking the bull by the horns [syn: braving, coping with, grappling, tackling]
Usage examples of "confronting".
Alec wanted to know, confronting Eonneh but standing far enough back so that she could still see his furry features.
Sricka, a tactful Weft, had not wanted to risk confusion by confronting him: not on what might be enemy territory, in front of the enlisted marines.
Joat said tensely, bracing herself in expectation of confronting a Kolnari.
She was so intent in confronting him that she failed to notice Rhyssa fade behind Dave's tall figure, pulling Peter with her.
She was no longer as confident as she had been when confronting Carigana.
When we're sure that the scout ship is about to arrive, Trag will confer with Ampris and Torkes, confronting them with his suspicions about me -- in your delirium you inadvertently blew the gaff.
Clinging together, they watched Oklina lift shining eyes, her gaze instinctively finding B'lerion in the mass of faces confronting her.
He didn't relish the thought of confronting Kylara, but he hadn't had the chance to tell T'bor what had been happening north.
Then she had no excuse for not confronting the sea of faces: some smiling, some with mouths ajar in surprise at her fire lizards, but too many, many people.
Maybe she'd be able to get back into the cot again without confronting Dunca.
He considered confronting the mysterious mage, but figured that his friends had too much at stake for him to take such a reckless chance.
They considered confronting the farmers themselves, worried that some foul treachery had befallen the halfling.
She had waited until her faithful servant had moved into position to back her up before confronting the mage.
He'd hoped that wasn't the lich's motive in confronting him, but it seemed Dyrr intended to press the issue whether the archmage wished him to or not.
She had been flung here by the blind panic of escape, as if it were she who had to hide, she who had to run from the ugliness of being seen in the act of seeing them—a panic made of revulsion, of pity, of embarrassment, of that mental chastity which recoils from confronting a man with the unanswerable proof of his evil.