How to Use confidant in a Sentence

confidant

noun

• He is a trusted confidant of the president.
• Swaths of the book are told largely through Musk’s eyes and those of his confidants.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• Ice Spice has a friend — and confidant — in Taylor Swift!
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
• Levin, a close confidant of the prime minister, is the mastermind of the overhaul.
  — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
• Yet to hear Steele open up and see her feel accepted by one of her oldest confidants is a joy.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
• The sister of Red's former confidant, healer, and lover Mierce Xiu?
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 May 2023
• After starting out as a ranch hand, Rip worked his way up to be the Dutton Ranch’s foreman and John's confidant.
  — Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• Many were designed by her close friend and confidant Hubert de Givenchy and remain the stuff of fashion fantasies to this day.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Williams is also seen as a close confidant of Powell’s.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
• What happened next would become the subject of much discussion among confidants of the two men.
  — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• One of Alex’s childhood confidants began to play the piano, and their bridesmaids and groomsmen began to sing along.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
• This is Benny’s domain, where over 23 years he’s served as confidant and confessor for the city’s most elite — and the people who want to feel that way for just one night.
  — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• Unable to focus on other work, the president and a small group of confidants played spades in the Oval Office dining room.
  — Nate Jones, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• Your boyfriend is your best friend, confidant, biggest supporter and so much more.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 2 Feb. 2023
• The curtain came down on a bower-side chat with America’s supreme confidant.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• Using Brady confidant Alex Guerrero as the go-between, Ryan sneaked the ball into a small collection of items.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• Among them was Selena Gomez, Swift's longtime friend, who had glowing words to share about the woman who has been a close confidant in her life for over 14 years.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 28 Mar. 2023
• In the aftermath, Lowe became not just a friend to Jackson, but a confidant and therapist.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Oct. 2022
• For Eleanor Green, did the cat perhaps represent herself, or a confidant?
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• The Fan, who over the years had become an instructor, confidant and father figure to Wynton.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
• Be realistic and wise about what your confidant truly needs to know.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
• The young Charlotte does find a willing and much-needed confidant in Rebecca, a.k.a.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 3 May 2023
• Even the characters aren’t quite sure which is the worse betrayal, that of country or confidant, and the show finds depth in both its emotional wounding and its jazzy spy craft.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Davido wrote in a pained and sprawling Instagram post a week after his confidant’s death.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2022
• That said, once probing Mars meets surprising Uranus in your 8th House of Intimacy, opening up to a close confidant could shock you.
  — Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2022
• A few weeks into her freshman year, she was picked to help run a weekly study group for a seminar led by Ted Sorensen, the former Kennedy speechwriter and confidant.
  — Nicholas Confessore, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• Ahead, Women's Health has gathered everything to know about one of Midge's greatest confidants.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 13 Apr. 2023
• As some of James' closest confidants, the former athletes' insight into his next career move might be the most reliable, aside from the NBA star himself.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• The 19-year-old actor joined the cast of the Tony-winning best musical earlier this month as Jared Kleinman, Evan's close confidant and the story's comic relief.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• Just airing your perspective could relieve tension for you, so try to find a worthy confidant.
  — Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024