confide

IPA: kʌnfˈaɪd

verb

  • (intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
  • (transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
  • (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
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Examples of "confide" in Sentences

  • These panic attacks get worse and worse but our hero won't confide in his wife.
  • Never make your self-worth dependent on them or confide your deepest feelings to them.
  • I listen to it and I just kind of confide in certain people and I mush together everything. ...
  • After reading your nonsensical rant, I seriously doubt that anyone would "confide" in you again!
  • This also is aggravated by some * unprofessional* colleagues who "confide" in students about the "limitations" of others.
  • The signal-officer explained that the word "confide" would have to be spelt, and suggested instead the word "expects," as that was in the vocabulary.
  • Its a pity that he could not confide in her though: it sounds like he was afraid of failing her, and instead of being a man and talking to her, he went after the first skirt that he saw.
  • Further, while the Lord will be the Sanctuary of such as confide in these promises and await their fulfilment, He will drive to confusion, darkness, and despair the vast multitude of the nation who despised His oracles, and, in their anxiety and distress, betook themselves to the lying oracles of the heathen.

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