confessional

Example Sentences

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One advertisement is a video of a young woman talking to the camera in a confessional style typical of influencers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Toward the end of the evening, there was an unexpected confessional.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“I think I just pushed myself way past my limit,” she said in a confessional.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

"She's scaring the life out of me," whispered Rachel in the confessional booth.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

My mother can easily speak to a priest in a darkened confessional; can easily make an act of self-revelation using the impersonal formula of ritual contrition: ‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned....’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez