- present participle of confide.
confiding
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
It’s confiding in a friend because you think they’ll support you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
It was the best part of a couple of years ago, and a senior government figure was confiding in me about listening in on a call between the then prime minister and President Biden.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
“Do you know what Cordelia says she wants to be when she grows up?” she says, in her husky, mock-serious, confiding voice.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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