confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
were 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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And they were confessing their own stories: A mom who lost the van in a mall parking garage while the four kids wailed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022
Ms. Drury said she admitted to things she had not done partly because Mr. Ray insisted that she had and partly because the other students were confessing to imagined infractions.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
He has tried to report his life as if he were confessing to "a priest, a philosopher, and a wise old woman."
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, however, when the court stayed the executions of Gilmore and others in order to hear new appeals, even some experienced lawyers were confessing complete bewilderment.
From Time Magazine Archive
He explained his purpose almost as though he were confessing.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
