How to Use confide in a Sentence

confide

verb
Definition of confidenext
Synonyms for confidenext
  • He confided that he was very unhappy with his job.
  • There was no part in this tale for a girlfriend or a best friend to confide in.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
  • This goes against the end goal of remaining a safe person for your friend to confide in down the line.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 23 May 2019
  • Kathy tried a softer approach, and the boys were more likely to confide in her.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • My heart is open to anyone who needs someone to confide in.
    — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Toni is the missing puzzle piece that Cheryl needed in order to have the courage and strength to confide in.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Bill confided the amount to my husband but also asked him not to tell me.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Bill confided the amount to my husband, but also asked him not to tell me.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Delia confides that her affair is now circling the third year.
    — Ali Wentworth, Town & Country, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Also vexing is the idea that her mother would confide in you, but not in her.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Brill was not the only skeptic to confide in Kuraitis that month.
    — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Or that which is safest of all, a creature to confide in, to squeal at and touch, who will sit there and take it, be ours to command—a cat, a dog.
    — Jason Kehe, Wired, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Something is wrong, but the boy refuses to confide in Kate.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In the 80s and early 90s, Lisa didn’t have a word for Lisa’s gender identity let alone a true peer to confide in.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2021
  • Anyway, Alice, later (kind of) confides in Fred and the two make out a little.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2018
  • And men are less likely to have women confide in them about their abortions.
    — Glamour, 13 May 2022
  • Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2019
  • By that time, the problem has become grave, and the executive should be thanked for having the courage to confide in a peer.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • When asked, Ellis confides the bathroom is her favorite space in the apartment.
    — Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2018
  • Outside of dance, the two would have sleepovers and confide in one another.
    — Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2020
  • The fact that some have been confiding in recent days to associates is a sign of the level of their distress.
    — The Washington Post, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Having an adult presence outside the home to confide in would have changed her girlhood.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2020
  • Moe and Tabitha both have their mothers to confide in, but Elodie lacks that familial support.
    — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • Mohamed Sagaf gave his age as 18 in army records, but one parent confides his real age: 13.
    — TIME.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Who wants to confide in someone who doesn’t understand you?
    — Jessica Marie Garcia, refinery29.com, 13 July 2020
  • The white owner of a popular Columbia, S.C., restaurant picked the wrong white man to confide in.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 26 June 2018
  • Students confide in him about the violence that touches their lives, the deacon told the Tribune.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Mandy Facetimes her best friend, confiding to her — and of course to us — about her flirtation with a co-worker.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2019
  • That’s what one star confided to me on issues that now seem irrelevant (details below).
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 July 2024
  • But in a private conversation, Andrade said, Biles confided that Paris would be her final competition.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

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