confessor

Example Sentences

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Times television critic Mary McNamara said Walters was part confessor, part therapist and succeeded brilliantly at making “emotion newsworthy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022

When the Father arose his confessor grasped him by the hand, and after a few words had been exchanged, Father Dupiéreux advanced alone in the direction of the wood.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

He listens to his old acquaintance’s monologue through “an increasing indefinable discomfort” that he is being used, while accepting the ego boost he gets from playing Cook’s confessor.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2022

"The next place for him to go is to church and to see his confessor," the PR professional said.

From Fox News • Aug. 11, 2021

But Zell continued to open up until Bull, renouncing his role of confessor, insisted that he had to get to work.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy