confide in
Example Sentences
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It might be tempting to confide in colleagues that you’re having a hard time connecting with your manager, but that probably isn’t a good idea, Williams says.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
That makes it hard for the holiday villain to visit sick kids in the hospital, as legions of Santas do every year, or comfort children who confide in him about bullying.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025
Ms. Keaton’s la-di-da breeziness was one of her most sneakily beguiling qualities; she came across as the best friend you’d love to confide in because you knew she didn’t hold herself higher than you.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
The experience made Doyle reflect on the way men - especially men of a certain age - confide in one another.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
I wanted to tell him that I had no place to stay, but he got off before I could summon the nerve to confide in him.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
