confide

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

And you confide more because you know your fellow travelers—the friend who had to struggle with professional disappointments she now understands are final, or with personal ones that cannot be changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

She took a beat to compose herself, then summoned me over to confide that she was leaving in a week to work at a “real law office.”

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

But Felix confides that while many students still keep phones in their pockets - so long as teachers do not see - he believes keeping the screens out of sight has made them more present.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

One woman, who doesn’t want to give her name, confides that she’d like to hear from her brother, who recently died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025

“I was so excited when I saw this at the grocery store,” she confides.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

While wrestling with his response to the Roebucks, Walters confided in Collins, his half brother.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

In the summer of 2017, Walker confided in Epstein about encounters she’d had with Gates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Our reporters have corroborated details in their accounts using diary entries, police and other records and interviews with friends and family, who they have confided in.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Tillie confided to her lawyer that she wanted to prevent Morrison from inheriting her estate and to rescind his guardianship of her children.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

You can’t get through to a victim who has stopped confiding in you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

One reporter at the briefing with me made me feel very old by confiding that YouTube - included in the ban - had been an essential resource for them at school.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Ms. Applegate has a smoky, confiding voice that swings along but shifts register when the material warrants it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Killer scene: Adorned with gold teeth, stringy hair, face tattoos and beard, Gascón’s crime boss Manitas shocks Zoe Saldaña’s lawyer character by confiding: “I want to be a woman.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025

He smiles, going in for the kill, leaning toward me as if confiding a secret.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black