How to Use confidante in a Sentence

confidante

noun

• She was her closest friend and confidante.
• Their relationship evolved from friends to coaching confidantes.
  — Drew Champlin, AL.com, 28 May 2017
• The president, irritated by palace-intrigue leaks, has been venting his anger to confidantes about his senior aide.
  — Kristen Welker, NBC News, 15 May 2017
• Chris Ruddy, a close Trump confidante, said Monday that the president was mulling Mueller’s ouster.
  — Matt Ford, The Atlantic, 13 June 2017
• Her longtime confidante and alleged co-conspirator, Choi Soon-sil, sat near Park.
  — Foster Klug, The Seattle Times, 23 May 2017
• It is believed Berman, Durst’s confidante, knew too much about McCormack’s death.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
• Early in the series, Dora is lying in a hotel bed with Cleo, who has been her confidante since the two started singing together as mere teen-agers.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
• Built in 1928 as a getaway for one of the maharaja’s confidantes, it was later converted into a hotel.
  — Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2017
• And even her closest confidantes reveal themselves as figments of her imagination at the most vulnerable possible moments.
  — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
• The prosecution hopes Obst's testimony will serve as an important piece that proves Durst killed his first wife and a confidante who had too much information.
  — Sammy Nickalls, Esquire, 26 Apr. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Now Durst is set to go on trial again — this time for the alleged murder of his confidante, Susan Berman, in 2000.
  — Tracy Connor, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2017
• 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

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024