confessed

Example Sentences

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In an interview with The Times, Sid confessed that the whole thing was a lie concocted by a publicist in the 1940s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Prosecutors say the suspect, identified only as Damian A. under Dutch privacy laws, has confessed.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

There was the way Hannah confessed to the Times reporter that she liked giving birth away from her husband, because she got to enjoy pain medications when he was not around.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Or, as the writer John Updike once confessed, “I don’t like meat to look like animals. I prefer it in the form of sausages, hamburgers and meat loaf, far removed from the living thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

She confessed, “Yes, it was, and it was the right thing to do.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman