How to Use confrontation in a Sentence

confrontation

noun
  • He would prefer not to have a confrontation with the authorities.
  • We seek to avoid military confrontation at all costs.
  • There were several violent confrontations between rival gangs.
  • We want cooperation, not confrontation.
  • And a lot of times that can be confrontations, right?
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • This is not the time to avoid confrontation.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But our three-way confrontation was still far from over.
    — Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
  • There is rarely a confrontation, a clean break.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Read more about the confrontation here.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But her staff has had to learn to endure and defuse confrontations.
    — Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • The past few months have led to open confrontation between the pair.
    — ABC News, 22 May 2026
  • This whole show is leading up to this confrontation.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Quinn hasn't been one to back down from on-camera confrontation in the past.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022
  • What followed were years of confrontations and anger.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Trump was not at the White House at the time of the confrontation.
    — Avery Lotz, Axios, 9 Mar. 2025
  • One agent was shot during the confrontation.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The one thing both sides agreed on was the spark that ignited the confrontation.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
  • My tendency is to break s**t down and to go to the confrontation.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • One of the men involved in the confrontation shot the victim.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • No voters were present at the time of the confrontation, Gonyea said.
    — ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • No voters were present at the time of the confrontation, Gonyea said.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • Their inevitable confrontation leads to a minor chase through a desert-like tract of land.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • There was confrontation, and sometimes Klopp brought it on.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The right to face-to-face confrontation is not absolute.
    — Robert Anello, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • During the confrontation, one of the men fired the gun, and a bullet grazed a man in the leg.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Video of the confrontation went viral.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The confrontation was captured on video.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Videos of their confrontations have amassed millions of views online.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Shelly herself was stunned to have captured the confrontation.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The other man got out and the men got into a verbal confrontation.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026

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