confide
verb (used without object)
to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed byin ).
was confiding
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past progressiveof confide.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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It was the best part of a couple of years ago, and a senior government figure was confiding in me about listening in on a call between the then prime minister and President Biden.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
He was making clear that what he was confiding to me he wouldn’t be stitching on a throw pillow, posting on Facebook or putting in a headline.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2021
The boy, the friend duly reported back to Roy, was confiding in the girl: “All I want is to be Arundhati Roy’s wife.’
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2017
It was less that Kirsten was confiding than that, with Lucy, she didn’t feel the need to feign competence.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
The Princess Royal and Princess Ruby were sitting at a jade table playing the game that resembled Halma, while the Queen was confiding her maternal anxieties to the Court Chamberlain's sympathetic ear.
From In Brief Authority by F. Anstey
