Confrontation Sentence Examples

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  • The kid was too afraid to risk a confrontation; maybe Jessi or Ashley had grabbed his phone.

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  • It may also signal a way to avoid confrontation.

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  • Taran drew a deep breath and steeled himself against what confrontation was certain to await him.

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  • I think she wanted a confrontation between Ryland and her husband all along.

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  • A counselor will be supportive of the patient, and not judgmental; providing support, education, and constructive confrontation when the patient needs it.

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  • Though the demon lord didn't move from his spot, she was afraid of causing any sort of confrontation between them.

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  • Brady wiped his face, preparing himself for a confrontation.

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  • Don`t go for a confrontation with the sick deviants, that is probably what they want.

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  • Maybe someone had accidentally summoned her, and she wasn't about to have yet another confrontation today.

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  • Vietnamese resistance to French colonialism marked the apogee of insurgent peasant nationalism in confrontation with the waning power of European empires.

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  • Most of the news were presented suggesting the imminence of a confrontation between the two countries.

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  • Such a confrontation on a beach was rather incongruous in the middle of January.

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  • It can seem quite jerky - perhaps echoing the agitated mother in confrontation with her daughter?

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  • On the rooftop stood his brother along with his inhuman minions goading Dante into a confrontation.

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  • It is very sensuous, with an intimate engagement rather than a confrontation.

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  • Amid the continuing turmoil in the wake of World War II, the dark clouds of the East-West confrontation were already gathering.

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  • Behind the desk is a walkway which will allow you to sneak quietly around the room without confrontation.

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  • In the context of the exceptionally tense confrontation over Kashmir, a small spark could trigger another war.

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  • Yes, he has his Kevin moments, but not the nose-to-nose, toe-to-toe confrontation his teacher described.

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  • Any actual confrontation must be approached with the utmost of care & cunning.

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  • Looking over the largest vamp she'd ever seen, she had a feeling a confrontation between them wouldn't end well for her.

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  • She cleaned them off with hands that trembled from the confrontation.

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  • While it was a nice ending, Dean didn't kid himself that he'd won the confrontation.

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  • She touched her cheek, beyond baffled by the confrontation.

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  • On the one hand we have confrontation with fact, in which, in virtue of the rational principle which is the final cause of the phenomenal order, intelligence will find satisfaction.

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  • Her eyes were warm with tears and her heart racing from the unexpected confrontation with the distressed ex-deity who viewed her as expendable less than a week before.

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  • He emerged outside the jailer's door and readied himself for a confrontation.  The sounds of activity were thick in the hallways behind him, and he listened, trying to determine if he could hear any sounds that the demons were victorious in the underworld.

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  • The confrontation within the revolutionary process with these conservative bureaucratic governmental sectors is essentially verbal.

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  • Polanski's vision is thus deepened by his confrontation with the traditional horror formula.

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  • The strongest aspect is the film's edgy confrontation of rampant homophobia.

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  • We are here for politics, not juvenile confrontation.

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  • For the moment, the confrontation within the revolutionary process with these conservative bureaucratic governmental sectors is essentially verbal.

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  • In 1990 a CNN team followed the violent confrontation around the White House across the river from here.

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  • Intervention is an intelligent, emotionally balanced, psychologically sound method enabling a controlled confrontation, where the addict doesn't feel like an accused victim by family members.

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  • However, sitting in a comfortable room and making the confrontation as nonthreatening as possible will get the best results.

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  • Dickinson never shies away from confrontation, that's for sure.

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  • Using acrobatic fighting moves in the side-scrolling environment, players work their way to the final confrontation.

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  • While these are not all indicators, they will give you clues that a confrontation is in order.

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  • That doesn't mean she'll run away from trouble, just that she finds confrontation as something that's distasteful and rude.

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  • She can usually avoid confrontation because of her ability to relate to most people and see a situation from another person's point of view.

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  • Whenever Aquarius takes up the banner to help another person, she'll set aside her dislike for confrontation and force herself to endure until the wrong has been righted.

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  • When it comes to unpleasant emotional scenes, Virgos will avoid confrontation.

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  • Like the rabbit, you're a calm person and would rather walk a mile around a confrontation.

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  • You frequently give in to your child to avoid a confrontation.

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  • The gossip spreads like fire igniting a confrontation between former best friends Serena and Blair.

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  • Always with the assistance of a licensed therapist or other professional qualified to work with those struggling from addiction, the family and friends of the struggling individual stage a loving confrontation.

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  • Rebecca had a confrontation at one point or another with just about every cast member, however, RuPaul saw a lot of potential in her.

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  • Fans of The Hills will get to see how this confrontation pans out, since the cameras will be rolling for the newest season of the hit reality television show.

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  • According to details provided on the show, the two had been arguing and the confrontation turned physical.

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  • In this, the sixth installment of the Harry Potter series, Dumbledore takes Harry on a number of journeys to prepare him for the coming confrontation.

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  • He had no control of his own powers, and he'd not yet been tested in a confrontation with the man who enslaved him.

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  • One minute he'd be drinking in the beauty of the countryside and the next feeling a wave of anxiety, realizing what had begun as a mild suspicion was close to culminating in a face-to-face confrontation with Jeffrey Byrne.

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  • It wasn't the time or place, but the subject was opened and the confrontation could no longer be delayed.

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  • Last night's confrontation with Denton was proof enough that she couldn't afford to tolerate any more interference in her life - from anyone.

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  • Keep in mind that compulsive gamblers might be embarrassed or ashamed about their behavior, so confrontation should be done in a compassionate and concerned manner just like any intervention.

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  • This is the simplest, most effective method of avoiding a confrontation with a bear.

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  • Your method of confrontation will make a big difference in her honesty with you.

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  • The only situation Aquarius is uncomfortable with is one of confrontation.

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  • Confrontation with the historical Aristotle may have brought but little comfort to the orthodox system, but it was a stimulus to dialectical activity within the schools.

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  • While Dean had been at odds with the man since their first confrontation last January, it was Fitzgerald's venomous comments at the debate that led Dean to now believe him capable of almost anything.

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  • Too scattered for a confrontation, Jenn Traveled.

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  • Fred O'Connor seemed a tad put out that he'd been absent from the final confrontation in the Lucky Pup Mine until Dean reminded him that without his Internet connection and library research, Martha's bones would still be without identity.

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