confessions
Example Sentences
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So I put out a call: send me your Thanksgiving quandaries, your culinary existential crises, your “is this normal?” kitchen confessions.
From Salon
Despite running nearly 2½ hours, it’s too speedy to accomplish everything it hopes, but the plotting is a blast, toying with expectations by hurling accusations and confessions at us when we aren’t expecting them.
From Los Angeles Times
Douša and her lawyers accused the government of targeting her “because she engaged in ‘acts of devotion commanded by the core tenets of her Christian faith’ — namely, advocating for and ministering to migrants in New York and at the Southern Border by blessing their marriages, dedicating their children to Christ, hearing their confessions, and providing them other forms of pastoral care.”
From Washington Post
The court relied on confessions from Dr. Ghare Hassanlou’s that Amnesty International said were extracted under torture and she withdrew.
From New York Times
The court used forced confessions broadcast on state television against him, according to Amnesty International.
From New York Times
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