How to Use confidante in a Sentence

confidante

noun
  • She was her closest friend and confidante.
  • Most of all, though, a teen who thinks of her mom as her best friend has been left without her confidante.
    — Matt Sedensky, The Seattle Times, 23 July 2018
  • Beyond the shock of the news was the fear of losing her closest confidante far too soon.
    — Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Harry's then-girlfriend hangs with his cousin, a close confidante.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2022
  • But DeGuerin said Durst did not kill his friend and confidante.
    — Augie Martin, CNN, 18 May 2021
  • Having at least a few confidantes can ease the sense of isolation.
    — Marc Silver, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Wiles had told confidantes that some of her contacts from her personal phone had been stolen by a hacker.
    — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Might Pablo himself have been bound by just such a hallowed yoke, a sainted confidante?
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • Some close friends and confidantes of Buchwald believe he is being forced out.
    — chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The secret-keeper, meanwhile, is secure in their role as a confidante and trusts you more, too.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 May 2025
  • Dorothy Babino-Dixon was a confidante, a co-worker and a friend.
    — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • Durst was found guilty of killing his longtime confidante Susan Berman.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 11 Jan. 2022
  • But Cloud seemed to be getting closer to sharing some of his music — at least with close confidantes.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
  • If not an accomplice, Sarai was at least a close confidante, and a witness to the planning of a crime.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • To do this, Emery requests the freedom to put in place a group of confidantes that can carry out his wishes.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Elizabeth is an old friend of Michaela’s who serves as her confidante and London guide.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Women lack not just a workplace confidante, but a peer who understands the unique pressures of being one of a few.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • He was known to be a close confidante to both the prince and the Queen, and even played a role in their early relationship.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018
  • And while tears are shed, inside jokes are also shared, drawing the listener in like a close confidante who can’t wait to get the tea.
    — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
  • For Brian, that’s being 17 years old with no classmate confidantes to call his own.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Yet later in life, Diana had a change of hear and Raine became one of her closest confidantes.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • And Resnick was said by some to be Nicole’s closest confidante in the year before the double murder.
    — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • My siblings were my role models, tutors in grade school, confidantes, and my sources of inspiration.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The story follows the two, from childhood pen pals to roommates, rivals and lifelong confidantes.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Redmayne is clever casting, as Cullen spends a good part of the movie being a loyal friend and confidante to Amy.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Wade, a partial owner of the Jazz and a Mitchell confidante, would know enough to be concerned, if that is, in fact, the case.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • There's also a new claim that Jackson and a confidante ordered child pornography.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • His confidante, Roger Stone, seemed to have advance knowledge of Russian email theft.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Like any zombie-to-be, Tom seeks out the next human to turn, and that’s his favorite confidante/whipping boy Greg.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Harlem had been Baldwin’s origin place, the display of letters to his confidantes the stuff of homecoming.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024

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