confidences
Example Sentences
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One was her mixed-race dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckly, who betrayed Mary’s confidences in an 1868 memoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
My children have always chosen to share confidences the way my dogs get the zoomies: suddenly, frantically and usually when I am on deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
It’s a funky march that revels in cosmic imagery, cross-rhythms and multifarious vocals: singing, chanting, making percussive sounds, high harmonies, husky low confidences and an occasional “la-la.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
The firm pointed to legal ethics rules that require law firms to keep the confidences of their clients and protect potentially embarrassing information.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023
I tell you this in the strictest of confidences, because you seem to be so genuinely concerned.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
