Sentence examples for confronted as from inspiring English sources

After a roughly two-hour roadtrip from Seattle, a sign I confronted as soon as a ferry deposited me and my car there made that clear.

Visit Lanzmann in Paris, as I did earlier this year, and you are confronted, as soon as the front door of his modestly sized apartment is open, with an enormous cinema poster for Shoah.

But for reporters or filmmakers bent on getting the truth, the Internet should be boisterously confronted (as on "24") or ironically bracketed (as on "Damages") but not limply wished out of existence (as in most mediocre entertainment).

The reasons -- like having to rebuild the Afghan Army from scratch and differing allied priorities related to developing a national Afghan police corps -- say much about the very different circumstances each program has confronted, as well as how American trainers in both countries are trying to learn from one another's mistakes and successes, senior Army commanders said.

Fukuyama is perfectly right to urge that these encrustations be stripped off; and reform of lobbying and campaign finance wouldn't hurt either (though there are deeper problems to be confronted as well: the breakdown of party discipline and the erosion of seniority).

It traced the difficulties that female lawyers confronted as they encountered double standards and professional disappointment.

That's a reality one confronts as soon as the sliding doors open at the airport (the gigantic new one is not yet open).

Don't be so forceful with them confronting, as said in 4 and the tips section.

These are issues for theatre to confront as a sector.

The commission described the predicament the mayor will confront as "the calm before the storm".

It's as funny as it is profound, confronting as it is consoling.