- present participle of confide.
confiding
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
One reporter at the briefing with me made me feel very old by confiding that YouTube - included in the ban - had been an essential resource for them at school.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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
Killer scene: Adorned with gold teeth, stringy hair, face tattoos and beard, Gascón’s crime boss Manitas shocks Zoe Saldaña’s lawyer character by confiding: “I want to be a woman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
“Well, Malcolm,” said Bonneville, his voice low and confiding.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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