CONFIRMED in a Sentence

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For CONFIRMED, below is one of 218 sentences:
On being charged with the fact, the poor girl confirmed the suspicion in a great measure by her extreme confusion of manner.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONFIRMED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
confirmed
 a.  being firmly settled in habit; having been ratified; verified; fixed; established
Classic Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1  She was a Roman Catholic; and I believe her confessor confirmed the idea which she had conceived.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  On being charged with the fact, the poor girl confirmed the suspicion in a great measure by her extreme confusion of manner.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
4  Another circumstance strengthened and confirmed these feelings.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
5  Another woman confirmed the account of the fishermen having brought the body into her house; it was not cold.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
6  "Of course you will," confirmed Daisy.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  Some one who had been driving a little behind us confirmed this and the policeman turned away.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  It could have betokened nothing short of the anticipated execution of some noted culprit, on whom the sentence of a legal tribunal had but confirmed the verdict of public sentiment.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
9  When I became Joe's 'prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less.'
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
10  Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt conquered a confirmed habit of living into which she had fallen, and Biddy became a part of our establishment.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVI
11  This was in part confirmed by his aunt, who saw him at half past twelve o'clock, soon after his release, and affirmed that he was then as red as I was.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
12  Steerforth himself confirmed this when it was stated, and said that he should like to begin to see him do it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
13  And the boy's is, of all such dispositions that ever I have seen,' remarked his sister, 'the most confirmed and stubborn.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
14  Miss Murdstone confirmed this with an audible murmur.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
15  Which the Court confirmed, to his great satisfaction.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
Example Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
16  This album confirmed The Orb's status as national stars, going straight to Number One in the charts.
17  The Post Office has confirmed that up to fifteen thousand jobs could be lost.
18  One of the reasons why these cases cannot be confirmed is because of the shortage of materials to perform the analysis.
19  His death initially believed to be related to his heart condition was later confirmed as a drug overdose from a mixture of heroin and cocaine.
20  A congressional inquiry found no evidence to support this, though it confirmed that the Brazilian team had agreed to play an inordinate number of friendlies that drained the players' energies.
21  The audio clip of the exchange between the control tower and pilot of the doomed flight was confirmed by Taiwan's Civil Aeronautical Administration as rescue workers continued searching for 11 missing passengers Thursday.
22  It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12.
23  A converter glowing red-hot or evidence of heat discoloration confirms this situation.
24  China is building new harbors and airstrips on various reefs and atolls in the Spratly Islands -- facilities that, Beijing confirms, will be used for military as well as civil purposes.
25  This latest tragedy merely confirms my view that the law must be tightened.
26  In the film, he plays a spy whose mission is to confirm the verity of a secret military document.
27  Please write to confirm your reservation.
28  The spokesman refused either to confirm or deny the reports.
29  Please confirm your telephone message by writing to me.
30  His words to the press were deliberately equivocal - he didn't deny the reports but neither did he confirm them.