How to Use confirm in a Sentence

confirm

verb
  • The award confirmed her status as one of the great movie actresses.
  • The attack confirmed her worst fears about the neighborhood.
  • The tests confirmed the doctors' suspicions of cancer.
  • The dentist's office called to confirm your appointment for tomorrow.
  • We have a reservation for you for tomorrow night. Please call to confirm.
  • His cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • To confirm how you’re billed, go to the Billing tab.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Video of the takeoff roll confirms a fire on the left wing.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The root beer floats is confirmed in your text messages.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Her fears are confirmed by the data.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The sources would not confirm how many missiles were launched.
    — Fox News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Now look, one warm day or week does not confirm climate change.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • How quickly can he get confirmed?
    — CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • Their team had to confirm that their result wasn’t just some weird one-off.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 Feb. 2021
  • He would have been confirmed by May the 15th.
    — NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Al Jazeera confirmed Wishah’s death.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • The bone will now be sent to a lab for testing to confirm its origin.
    — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Details in the video confirm the time and place the footage was taken.
    — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2020
  • But nothing has been confirmed.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Ervin confirmed the woman's name was the same as on the box Vater got.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 30 May 2018
  • China has yet to confirm or deny such plans.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Krispy Kreme confirmed the the deal — which has been in effect for years.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The college would not confirm how many staff were let go along with Nagelkirk.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Double-check your lease to confirm whether or not these rules could apply to you.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But Paramount has yet to confirm.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The man’s identity has not yet been confirmed.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Three high-profile deaths just since the start of this year would seem to confirm this feeling.
    — Neil Gross, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The man's identity has not yet been confirmed.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The best way to take advantage of it is to confirm it with a trailer.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Sep. 2021
  • This confirmed my notion that we were supposed to look for shapes, but that wasn’t quite right.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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