confide
verb (used without object)
to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed byin ).
confides
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present tense formof confide (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
She confides her joy in working there and also tells John that he was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
One woman, who doesn’t want to give her name, confides that she’d like to hear from her brother, who recently died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
"He is a very nice man, but he is a hard man too," one of them confides.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
She’s jealous that Peter confides in me and not in her, offended that Dussel doesn’t respond sufficiently to her flirtations and afraid her husband’s going to squander all the fur-coat money on tobacco.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
