confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
are confessing
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present progressiveof confess.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now, people are confessing their isolation to thousands of strangers on TikTok and Reddit hoping one of them might want to hang out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
In a scene where people are confessing things that make them sad, Palmer bursts out: "Why did 'N Sync have to break up?"
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2011
But on Capitol Hill these days, lawmakers are confessing bafflement in the face of the massive and growing farm-subsidy scandal.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I disturb you, perhaps, my dear Aramis," continued d'Artagnan, "for by what I see, I am led to believe that you are confessing to these gentlemen."
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
If you let these irritating outside influences get the better of you, you are confessing your inferiority to them, by permitting them to dominate you.
From The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities by William George Jordan
