How to Use confirm in a Sentence

confirm

verb
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  • 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.
  • Details in the video confirm the time and place the footage was taken.
    — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The footage appears to confirm witness statements that the teen was shot in the back.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2023
  • The sources would not confirm how many missiles were launched.
    — Fox News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The deputy was able to confirm that the teen was the victim in the other incident.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The bone will now be sent to a lab for testing to confirm its origin.
    — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The best way to take advantage of it is to confirm it with a trailer.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Photos on the wall confirm that the girl and the bears are a loving family.
    — Tegan Tigani, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The story above isn’t enough to confirm that the two characters will be in the movie.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Ervin confirmed the woman's name was the same as on the box Vater got.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 30 May 2018
  • Boyle couldn’t confirm the ages or genders of the deceased.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Critics have said the system is easy to game and the benefits are hard to confirm.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Most men who prey on women have had that belief confirmed over the course of years or decades of abuse.
    — Laurie Penny, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Both rovers are confirmed to have landed on the surface of Ryugu.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Three high-profile deaths just since the start of this year would seem to confirm this feeling.
    — Neil Gross, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Bill and Jo confirm to the kids that weekends are worse than weekdays.
    — Nina Zafar, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • To some readers, the report may appear to confirm his math.
    — Daniel Funke, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Everything about my first few moments with the man seemed to confirm this.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
  • The Phillies confirmed this account in their statement.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • Now look, one warm day or week does not confirm climate change.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • CBS News has been unable to confirm the source of the video.
    — CBS News, 25 June 2021
  • Their team had to confirm that their result wasn’t just some weird one-off.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Martinez could not confirm what types of guns were taken.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Just make sure to call ahead and confirm the hours of operation.
    — Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2022
  • Davis could not confirm if officers were told to stand down and allow the statue to fall.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 5 July 2020
  • Future research will help confirm whether this is true or not.
    — Sally Warner, The Conversation, 19 Jan. 2022

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