How to Use confidant in a Sentence

confidant

noun

• He is a trusted confidant of the president.
• Swaths of the book are told largely through Musk’s eyes and those of his confidants.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• Show off your bonus check to a confidant or your latest project to friends.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
• So Leah was supposed to be my final two and my main confidant in the house.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2024
• Ice Spice has a friend — and confidant — in Taylor Swift!
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
• Biden tapped longtime confidant Ron Klain to be his chief of staff on Nov. 11.
  — Tyler Van Dyke, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2020
• First up is Jennifer Tilly, who has made appearances on the show in the past as a confidant of Stracke's.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
• Chiles won the medal while stepping in for Biles, her closest friend and confidant.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021
• Klain, 59, a close confidant of Biden, had long been rumored for the post even before the election.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2020
• Cree plays the role of Daisy, Aza’s outgoing best friend and confidant.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 June 2024
• There’s — God bless the dead — our confidant, Gangsta Boo.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
• Levin, a close confidant of the prime minister, is the mastermind of the overhaul.
  — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
• The character Jessie Buss in the show is like Jerry Buss’ confidant.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2022
• Yet to hear Steele open up and see her feel accepted by one of her oldest confidants is a joy.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
• Yet to hear Steele open up and see her feel accepted by one of her oldest confidants is a joy.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
• Perez is a confidant of Ganim and was Ganim’s choice to become chief.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• Linklater will play Rick Krause, the president of the Angelyne fan club and her decades-long confidant.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2022
• Banks spoke with Lippman, the former chief judge of New York, who had become a kind of mentor and confidant.
  — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• Through the years, Weinstein became a confidant of sorts for the coaches.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2020
• The sister of Red's former confidant, healer, and lover Mierce Xiu?
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 May 2023
• After starting out as a ranch hand, Rip worked his way up to be the Dutton Ranch’s foreman and John's confidant.
  — Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• Lacewell remained a confidant of the Jones family and would often spend time around the team in training camp.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2022
• Many were designed by her close friend and confidant Hubert de Givenchy and remain the stuff of fashion fantasies to this day.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Williams is also seen as a close confidant of Powell’s.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
• She’s forged a real kinship with Tricia, and she’s grown her friend group to include a half-dozen close confidants.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
• Crucial to the project was Davis, the Arista Records mogul who was a longtime collaborator and confidant of Franklin.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2021
• Powell did not talk about it much, but his friend and confidant Lawrence Wilkerson did.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
• The hearings were orchestrated by a top staffer, Roy Cohn, who became a confidant of a younger Trump.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 June 2024
• Little portrays Deputy Brent, Dana’s closest confidant on the force.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
• Musk has already emerged as one of the most powerful voices in politics and has become one of President-elect Trump's closest confidants.
  — Stef W. Kight, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025