Collocations for confront - verb

directly, head-on, squarely
The new state confronted head-on the question of national identity.
He is willing to confront problems directly.

aggressively, angrily
immediately, suddenly
constantly, continually
These texts constantly confront the reader with their demanding claims.

be confronted with sth
I was suddenly confronted by the task of rewriting the entire book.

find yourself confronted by sth
The demonstrators found themselves confronted by a line of police, blocking the road.

Confront is used with these nouns as the subject:
challenge, dilemma, problem, task

Confront is used with these nouns as the object:
challenge, dilemma, emotion, enemy, fear, prejudice, problem, racism