How to Use confide in a Sentence

confide

verb
  • 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
  • Delia confides that her affair is now circling the third year.
    — Ali Wentworth, Town & Country, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Bill confided the amount to my husband but also asked him not to tell me.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Bill confided the amount to my husband, but also asked him not to tell me.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Also vexing is the idea that her mother would confide in you, but not in her.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Kathy tried a softer approach, and the boys were more likely to confide in her.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Over tea with Zoe, Cheryl confides that much of her life has been spent, well, in the dark.
    — Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Thimig then confided to Lothar that the Alpine farmer was Reuss.
    — Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Brill was not the only skeptic to confide in Kuraitis that month.
    — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Having an adult presence outside the home to confide in would have changed her girlhood.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2020
  • Outside of dance, the two would have sleepovers and confide in one another.
    — Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Kari recalls that Lita confided her own deep, vague feelings of loss.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2023
  • And to my knowledge my mother never confided in anyone else what her fears might be.
    — Max, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2019
  • His parents frequently lie to each other and then confide in their children about it.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 26 May 2020
  • Then Rocha saw him a year later, and the student confided that college just wasn’t for him.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
  • 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
  • When asked, Ellis confides the bathroom is her favorite space in the apartment.
    — Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2018
  • This is a lot to ask of a show whose highlights include a contestant confiding in a raccoon.
    — Ali Barthwell, The Cut, 23 June 2017
  • There must be at least someone in the institution who can be trusted and confided in.
    — Bukola Adebayo and Stephanie Busari, CNN, 23 May 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • The soles were made out of virgin rubber, Charlie confided, with soft wonder in his voice.
    — Kevin Barry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 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
  • The couple on the brink of divorce decided to confide their secrets instead.
    — WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
  • And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Such a vast and tremendous power ought not to be confided to the perilous exercise of one single man.
    — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2020
  • And if that weren’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
    — courant.com, 11 July 2019

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