How to Use confess in a Sentence

confess

verb

• I confessed my sins to the priest.
• I have to confess that I was afraid at first.
• He confessed after being questioned for many hours.
• He willingly confessed his crime.
• Each had confessed but then retracted and pleaded not guilty.
  — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2020
• And devout Catholics queue up to confess their sins to priests on parish lawns — from six feet away, of course.
  — Helen Wieffering, Austin Fast and Agya K. Aning, azcentral, 29 Mar. 2020
• View this post on Instagram Looks like someone needs to confess...
  — Jasmine Vaughn-Hall, refinery29.com, 8 Mar. 2020
• If one of them confesses and the other doesn't, the defector will go free and the other suspect will get 20 years in jail.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2020
• Despite his busy workload, Abrams confessed Thursday that leaving his daily television show won’t be easy.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
• A number of leads emerged, including a man named John Mark Karr, who confessed to the killing in 2006.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
• The correct strategy, therefore, is to always confess, since one should assume the other party will act solely in his or her self-interest.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2020
• Prosecutors said Welninski confessed to the murder and his motive for doing so in an interview with law enforcement.
  — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 6 Mar. 2020
• Writing the piece forced me to confess my fear of death.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• The trick was coming up with the nerve to confess our plans to Karl.
  — Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• The bell rings, and our knees fall and touch the earth, our tongues confess the prescribed words.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022
• But we're not finished, first, Wells wants Ivan to confess his sins to the group.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• This man finally found the soul to confess and put an end to this.
  — Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2022
• More than a month later, in April, Loudon confessed to his wife.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
• This time Scott and Springsteen both confessed to the slayings.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• Amy’s lousy plan is to get O’Sullivan drunk enough to confess while Rosa listens in the bathroom.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2021
• Smith confessed to letting her car roll down a boat ramp into the lake.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• Even longtime die-hards confess that its lyrics can be hard to keep straight.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• Torkhan confessed he feels racked by guilt when villagers confront him in the fields.
  — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• Lewis Spivey confessed to killing a pregnant woman and her child in 2002.
  — CBS News, 1 July 2023
• Both told the court that Price had come to them and confessed to murdering his children.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
• Somewhere in the middle of the sermon, Ortiz-Vite went to the bathroom, called 911 and confessed.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• FirstEnergy has confessed to the scheme and paid a $230 million fine.
  — Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
• At one point, an Iranian held a gun to Rosen’s head and forced him to confess to being a spy.
  — Del Quentin Wilber Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021
• The patient confesses to being the head of the Irish Mafia and spills out his darkest deeds and secrets.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2024
• Toward the end of her set, Roan confessed that performing on Tiny Desk has long been a dream of hers.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Jan 2025