Example Sentences

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From then on, the two would remain friends, correspondents, confidantes, sounding boards, and inspirations to one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

He was found to have been staying near his hometown of Castelvetrano in western Sicily, his fugitive lifestyle facilitated by his sister and close confidantes.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

“His closest confidantes didn’t realize it at the time, but interviews on male-focused podcasts would become a throughline of his extraordinary political resurrection.”

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

Should he want to stay on as keeper, Buttler could easily point to one of his other confidantes, Kumar Sangakkara.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

They were the best confidantes for a lonely little girl.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat