confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
was confessing
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past progressiveof confess.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I’m getting lightheaded,” he said, quietly, as if he was confessing a secret.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2020
Even worse, at the same time that he was confessing to his own ambition, he was implicitly accusing his friends and colleagues of hiding theirs.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 24, 2017
On her television screen, Obama was confessing his regrets over the growing rancor and suspicion in the country that had grown on his watch.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2016
Kim Kardashian was confessing, “I see white & gold. Kanye sees black & blue, who is color blind?”
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2015
“My family doesn’t do root magic,” she said, like she was confessing something.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
