confessional
Example Sentences
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Toward the end of the evening, there was an unexpected confessional.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
What makes the album a timeless classic are its catchy melodies; shrewd arrangements that caught the culture’s disco obsession; and Mr. Scaggs’s earthy, confessional lyrics and intimate voice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
“I think I just pushed myself way past my limit,” she said in a confessional.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Mr. Bryan’s brooding inward focus and hushed vocal phrasing align him more closely with indie-rock and confessional artists from years past, and he finds the country label limiting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
His confessional, I later learned, was the calculated result of hard work.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
