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
• 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
• Kathy tried a softer approach, and the boys were more likely to confide in her.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
• My heart is open to anyone who needs someone to confide in.
  — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Bill confided the amount to my husband but also asked him not to tell me.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
• Bill confided the amount to my husband, but also asked him not to tell me.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• Delia confides that her affair is now circling the third year.
  — Ali Wentworth, Town & Country, 6 Apr. 2018
• Also vexing is the idea that her mother would confide in you, but not in her.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2021
• Brill was not the only skeptic to confide in Kuraitis that month.
  — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Something is wrong, but the boy refuses to confide in Kate.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
• In the 80s and early 90s, Lisa didn’t have a word for Lisa’s gender identity let alone a true peer to confide in.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2021
• Anyway, Alice, later (kind of) confides in Fred and the two make out a little.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2018
• And men are less likely to have women confide in them about their abortions.
  — Glamour, 13 May 2022
• Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
  — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 23 Sep. 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
• When asked, Ellis confides the bathroom is her favorite space in the apartment.
  — Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2018
• Outside of dance, the two would have sleepovers and confide in one another.
  — Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Having an adult presence outside the home to confide in would have changed her girlhood.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2020
• Moe and Tabitha both have their mothers to confide in, but Elodie lacks that familial support.
  — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
• Mohamed Sagaf gave his age as 18 in army records, but one parent confides his real age: 13.
  — TIME.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• Who wants to confide in someone who doesn’t understand you?
  — Jessica Marie Garcia, refinery29.com, 13 July 2020
• The white owner of a popular Columbia, S.C., restaurant picked the wrong white man to confide in.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 26 June 2018
• Students confide in him about the violence that touches their lives, the deacon told the Tribune.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• Mandy Facetimes her best friend, confiding to her — and of course to us — about her flirtation with a co-worker.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2019
• That’s what one star confided to me on issues that now seem irrelevant (details below).
  — Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 July 2024
• Privately, some have confided fears about Russian retaliation against their countries’ companies.
  — Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024