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
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
Even when he is confessing to appalling behavior, his voice on the page brazenly aims to win us over, to charm.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2017
The surest way to the true victory, which is the conquest of our sins, is confessing them to God.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
