How to Use confidante in a Sentence

confidante

noun
  • She was her closest friend and confidante.
  • Her confidantes point out it’s against her DNA to bow to pressure or not go without a fight.
    Chad Pergram, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Abe will need to safeguard his position as Trump’s closest confidante in Asia.
    Sheila A. Smith, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2018
  • His confidante, Roger Stone, seemed to have advance knowledge of Russian email theft.
    Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The departure left many wondering who would fill the void left by Hicks, who was a loyal confidante to the President.
    Devan Cole, CNN, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Caban is among several top Adams aides and confidantes who received federal search warrants earlier this month.
    Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Stone is a longtime confidante of Trump's who served on his campaign at its beginning before taking on a more informal advisory role.
    Jack Holmes, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Rosa went back inside, and soon everyone was gone except Joanie Trussel, a Zen Buddhist chaplain who had become a confidante.
    Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Her expression lands like a slap, communicating instantly that Cathy is about to lose not only her closest confidante (apart from her lover) but also her social standing.
    J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 22 Feb. 2018
  • But DeGuerin said Durst did not kill his friend and confidante.
    Augie Martin, CNN, 18 May 2021
  • Beyond the shock of the news was the fear of losing her closest confidante far too soon.
    Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • May Pang recounting her life in rock ‘n’ roll and the whirlwind 18 months spent as a friend, lover and confidante to John Lennon in the mid-’70s.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 June 2022
  • Dorothy Babino-Dixon was a confidante, a co-worker and a friend.
    Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Durst is charged with the first-degree murder of his close friend and confidante, Susan Berman, in 2000.
    Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The works came from the collection of the boxer’s confidante, Rodney Hilton Brown.
    Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Few knew, except his wife and a close circle of confidantes.
    The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Having at least a few confidantes can ease the sense of isolation.
    Marc Silver, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Moore notes that serving in the role of a confidante for so many is her biggest highlight since launching A Girl Like Me.
    Freep.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • From ‘no’ to ‘yes’ in Hollywood For the children growing up in the ’80s, Judy Blume was the ultimate confidante.
    Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Tripp was 24 years older than Lewinsky at the time of the affair and had become a close confidante of the former White House intern — then 22.
    Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Emhoff is Harris’ closest confidante, staunchest defender and eyes and ears on the trail.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024

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