Humans have long been fascinated by the unusual, and nursery rhymes and traditional songs were often used to face squarely up to subjects like death, ill health and misfortune.

I felt we had to face squarely the fraud that took place.

A youthful indiscretion leads them to early parenthood, a situation they face squarely, and quite maturely, by planning to get married.

But there have been problems, and they should be faced squarely.

I can remember being told that at the actual moment of handover he should be facing squarely forwards and accelerating fast - not looking backwards, reaching out.