Sentence examples of "face à" in French

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Il était impuissant face à la mort. He was powerless in the face of death.
Nous faisons face à une crise violente. We are facing a violent crisis.
La capacité inébranlable de l'homme à croire ce qu'il préfère plutôt qu'à ce que les preuves démontrent être probable et possible m'a toujours stupéfié. Nous nous languissons d'un univers attentionné qui nous sauvera de nos puériles erreurs, et face à des montagnes de preuves du contraire nous allons accrocher nos espoirs aux doutes les plus minces. On n'a pas prouvé que Dieu n'existait pas, donc il doit exister. Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me. We long for a caring Universe which will save us from our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts. God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist.
Les musulmans prient toujours en faisant face à la Mecque. Muslims always pray facing toward Mecca.
Partout les compagnies d'assurance font face à des difficultés et sont devenues encore plus intransigeantes pour les remboursements. Insurance companies everywhere are facing hard times and have become even more tight fisted about payouts.
Il recula face au danger. He shrank back in the face of danger.
Ils étaient calmes face au désastre. They were calm in the face of disaster.
Elle montra son courage face au danger. She showed her courage in the face of danger.
Nous nous tenions face à face. We stood face to face.
Ils se rencontrèrent enfin face à face. At last, they met face to face.
J'aimerais lui parler face à face. I would like to talk to him face to face.
L'instituteur et moi étions assis face à face. The teacher and I sat face to face.
Tenez-vous face à face, s'il vous plaît. Please stand face to face.
Je voulais m'entretenir avec eux en face à face. I wanted to talk to them face to face.
Désolé, mais je voudrais lui donner la nouvelle face à face. Sorry, but I want to tell her this news face to face.
Les deux politiciens se sont rencontrés en face à face pour la première fois. The two politicians met face to face for the first time.
Malheureusement, beaucoup de gens croient des choses qu'on leur aura dites via un courriel qu'ils ne trouveraient pas plausibles en face à face. Sadly many people will believe things told to them via an email which they would find implausible face-to-face.
Malheureusement, beaucoup de gens croiront des choses qu'on leur aura dites via un e-mail qu'ils ne trouveraient pas plausibles en face à face. Sadly many people will believe things told to them via an email which they would find implausible face-to-face.
Faisons face à la réalité ! Let's face the reality!
Tom fait face à un dilemme. Tom faces a conundrum.
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