confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
is confessing
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present progressiveof confess (3rd person singular).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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In 1980 in “Fame,” Montgomery is confessing the love he has for a classmate essentially to himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Throughout the novel, it’s also unclear to whom Harding is confessing, other than to “his conscience” — which has plenty of prejudicial blind spots.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
The most significant change from the Boston production is the frame narrative in which Humbert is confessing his crimes, now not to the audience but to a therapist, Dr. Ray.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2019
So, the dilemma here is whether to assume everyone is holding out or whether to assume someone else is confessing to get a better deal.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2017
“What right has he to speak of her as his darling Florence,” he exclaimed, “while he is confessing his own knavery?”
From The Claverings by Trollope, Anthony
