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Midseason, the priest he half-confessed to in the first episode offers his ear once again, in case Murdock wants to tell his secret, but Murdock plays coy.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2015

For candour's want yet neither blame;  Even to ourselves but half-confessed, Glows in each heart some silent flame,  Blooms some hope-violet of the breast.

From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram

The man in scarlet, moved by amazement and a half-confessed interest in the man he had seen disappear, ran down the Mount and after the crowd.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

Queenie kept Dudley's half-confessed secret to herself for the whole of that day.

From The Wharf by the Docks A Novel by Warden, Florence

She had dropped the impish mischief of her way, and up from beneath it rose a wistful, visionary tenderness; a mighty half-confessed, half-concealed, striving for unknown things.

From The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)