As she spoke, a figure rounded the nearby corner and abruptly confronted them.

Once more a single figure, this time a man, confronted him.

At every turn, figures of divine or near-divine status confront us.

But before he could level it toward the doorway, a menacing figure confronted him.

As indeed they were, but two more of the magnificent chairs had been brought to the room, and now five seated figures confronted him.

A figure armed with a wooden club immediately confronted him.

The big black figure and yellow face of the man found in the garden confronted them essentially unchanged.

A burly figure in a black robe and hood confronted him.

He saw, with a scream of fear, another robed figure confronting him.

The figure stepped out of the shadow and confronted him.