How to Use confession in a Sentence

confession

noun

• I haven't gone to confession in three years.
• She went to the police station and made a full confession.
• The priest will hear confessions after mass today.
• I have a confession to make: I have never done this before.
• In the end, the confession was not admissible in court.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• But on appeal, a new judge reviewed the confession and said Dugar should be released.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2022
• His attempts to persuade sometimes come with a spoonful of confession.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• When shooting was complete, Sharpe says Lewis pulled her aside and offered a confession of sorts.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2022
• John Jones: There were too many inconsistencies in the … confession.
  — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2022
• Caleb narrates this novel himself in a voice that braids confession and self-justification into a series of tight knots.
  — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022
• An attorney for Azeem also told the BBC the man filed a claim his confession was coerced by police.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
• For Will and Jada, though, the high wire act of confession is, naturally, a reassertion of power.
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• This tendency can be baffling to other signs, who may feel rattled when a taciturn Scorpio suddenly offers up an intimate confession.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
• Throughout his career, Mr. Mears was fond of the concession speeches — confession speeches — of losing candidates.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2022
• After killing him, Yasper steals Xavier’s phone to poach song ideas, which Danner ultimately discovers, prompting a gut-wrenching confession.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Mar. 2022
• McAdam ordered that the confession be struck from the record.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
• Turns out, the 45-year-old had her own confession to make.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
• Who could forget the dumpling confession that caused Pat to bolt off the stage?
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 18 May 2022
• The judge ruled Thursday the teen's confession could be used in court.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024
• Send in the best confession—anonymously, of course—and the cash prize was yours.
  — Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
• The film accused the police of beating a confession out of Crump.
  — Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• That confession was read to each jury and judge who went on to sentence Owens to death.
  — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
• In many towns, a shriving bell was rung to call villagers to confession.
  — Grace Linden, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• And then of course, there was Greer's dashcam confession.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024
• The documents do not say what the Saudis did to elicit the confessions.
  — Justin Scheck, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• Kim said in confession that the hardest part for Khloé will be losing her best friend.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 June 2022
• The boys, known as the Central Park Five, were convicted on the grounds of coerced false confessions.
  — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• But days later, Smith's brother made a confession that blew the case wide open.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 5 May 2024
• However, an off-screen confession led to a frank discussion about his three children (two girls and a boy) during episode 9.
  — Glamour, 21 Oct. 2024
• In these clear-eyed and visceral confessions, Ito the journalist dissolves and Ito the person comes into better view.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Nov 2024