- present participle of confront.
confronting
Example Sentences
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Longtime correspondent Scott Pelley was fired last month after confronting management about the May 28 dismissal of his colleagues Alfonsi and Vega along with the program’s executive producer Tanya Simon and her second-in-command Draggan Mihailovich.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
As the stock market alternatively displays the grace of a boxer and the oafishness of a drunkard, investors are once more confronting that which they fear most: volatility.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Getting a read on the new Fed chairman is just one of the challenges confronting investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The entertainment industry has offered a palatable way for viewers to digest the horrors of the institution, without confronting either its banality or its larger implications.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
At the foot of every bed, confronting its moribund occupant, was a television box.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
