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confide

[kuhn-fahyd] / kənˈfaɪd /




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When I began to confide in married girlfriends about our problems, they unfailingly shared their own marital struggles, things they’d never mentioned when I was single.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

Always there for him to confide in, complain to and entrust with his continually evolving thoughts on Jewish life and theology, Kaplan called these ledger-size handwritten volumes his “communings of the spirit.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 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

Besides, I can’t confide in anyone unless they tell me a lot about themselves, and because I know very little about him, I can’t get on a more intimate footing.

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

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

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

"New Year's Eve is such a big deal, and I don't take it lightly if people are choosing to spend it with us," she confides.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2024

“This is my third time here,” she confides in me.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

She could have shown indignation and confided her pain in interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 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

"I know who it was," he confided to the man he did not know was recording him.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

“I am going to pace this house until I can find food ten times out of ten. I slept with my light on all night,” she confided to the doctor, “but nothing happened at all.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

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

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

After their talk, Rebecca stopped confiding about Yolanda.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2025

“Do you know what Cordelia says she wants to be when she grows up?” she says, in her husky, mock-serious, confiding voice.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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