confide

The people you confide in don't necessarily need to be family or the friends you'd usually share things with, says Dr Marie Prince, a clinical psychologist who specialises in fertility.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

It might be tempting to confide in colleagues that you’re having a hard time connecting with your manager, but that probably isn’t a good idea, Williams says.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

She started to confide in friends about stress, or things that bothered her, which otherwise would have stayed inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

That makes it hard for the holiday villain to visit sick kids in the hospital, as legions of Santas do every year, or comfort children who confide in him about bullying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

It had been here, in this very room, that Dumbledore had told him that he was to confide the contents of their lessons to nobody but Ron and Hermione.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

But some do remain perturbed, including another teenager in the Scottish borders, 16-year-old Ellie, who says: "I was so scared of him when I was little," Ellie confides.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

She confides her joy in working there and also tells John that he was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

"A year ago, I was struggling," she confides.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025

He confides in her that he is going to propose to Jo Bonger, even though “it’s true that I don’t know her well enough to be able to tell you much about her.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

But alone in the living room, Nasir, 47, confided that his younger daughter "is depressed and does not always have strong morale to continue learning on her own at home."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Despite being incredibly upset, Emma did not report the doctor to police and instead confided in her husband.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

The trial also revealed the existence of Brockman’s personal diary, in which he confided his financial dreams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

I created an imaginary friend, Charlotte, who was the only one I confided in.

From Salon ● May 16, 2001

Until then, we had confided in one another very little.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Looking at her, I’m listening, loving the moment, thankful we are living it and confiding comfortably.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Anthony never married, and she considered herself to some degree Stanton’s amanuensis, confiding to an intimate that she felt that her best work had been “making the way clear” for her friend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

As more emails emerge, there's a growing impression of how much Ferguson seemed to depend on Epstein, telling him he was her "pillar" and confiding "I have been so so sad".

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

The voice had become soft, as if the man were confiding a secret.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry