confidence

Example Sentences

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S&P Global’s chief business economist noted business confidence dipped but hoped for a swift resolution to the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He has the confidence to only dress up his new dystopia a tad, letting the scale of the oppression creep up on you when, say, an açaí bowl salesman casually asks Tereza for her papers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

She added: "What I'm appealing for now is for that person to have confidence to come and talk to me – and we are waiting."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Each encounter drains a little more energy and confidence.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“And what do you know? You are too young: you smell of your mother’s milk. You have the bumptious, graceless confidence of the recently born.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell