confide

Example Sentences

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“School should be a place where young people can feel safe and confident they can confide in a teacher.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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

They were less likely to strike up conversations with classmates or confide in dormmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

People told them that they wanted Zuzi to be "an aunt figure" - someone warm and trustworthy, who they could confide in without fear of judgment.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

I don’t want the person I confide in to be around me all the time.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank