How to Use confidante in a Sentence

confidante

noun

• She was her closest friend and confidante.
• Winfrey’s confidantes have both stoked and stifled the rumors.
  — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• Hannan became a close confidante of President John F. Kennedy.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• Allen, who is considered to be one of Gundy’s most trusted confidantes, was blunt for Oklahoma fans in his assessment of the situation.
  — Tim Griffin Diehards, ajc, 30 Nov. 2017
• The conversation among some of the president’s longtime confidantes, along with the character of some of the leaks emerging from the White House has shifted.
  — Gabriel Sherman, The Hive, 11 Oct. 2017
• But DeGuerin said Durst did not kill his friend and confidante.
  — Augie Martin, CNN, 18 May 2021
• Beyond the shock of the news was the fear of losing her closest confidante far too soon.
  — Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Wade, a partial owner of the Jazz and a Mitchell confidante, would know enough to be concerned, if that is, in fact, the case.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 July 2021
• Most of all, though, a teen who thinks of her mom as her best friend has been left without her confidante.
  — Matt Sedensky, The Seattle Times, 23 July 2018
• He was known to be a close confidante to both the prince and the Queen, and even played a role in their early relationship.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018
• May Pang recounting her life in rock ‘n’ roll and the whirlwind 18 months spent as a friend, lover and confidante to John Lennon in the mid-’70s.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 June 2022
• Dorothy Babino-Dixon was a confidante, a co-worker and a friend.
  — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
• Her confidantes point out it’s against her DNA to bow to pressure or not go without a fight.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
• If not an accomplice, Sarai was at least a close confidante, and a witness to the planning of a crime.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• And Resnick was said by some to be Nicole’s closest confidante in the year before the double murder.
  — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Durst is charged with the first-degree murder of his close friend and confidante, Susan Berman, in 2000.
  — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
• The works came from the collection of the boxer’s confidante, Rodney Hilton Brown.
  — Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2021
• Few knew, except his wife and a close circle of confidantes.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2023
• Redmayne is clever casting, as Cullen spends a good part of the movie being a loyal friend and confidante to Amy.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
• Having at least a few confidantes can ease the sense of isolation.
  — Marc Silver, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
• Moore notes that serving in the role of a confidante for so many is her biggest highlight since launching A Girl Like Me.
  — Freep.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• Like any zombie-to-be, Tom seeks out the next human to turn, and that’s his favorite confidante/whipping boy Greg.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
• And while tears are shed, inside jokes are also shared, drawing the listener in like a close confidante who can’t wait to get the tea.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• From ‘no’ to ‘yes’ in Hollywood For the children growing up in the ’80s, Judy Blume was the ultimate confidante.
  — Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Yet later in life, Diana had a change of hear and Raine became one of her closest confidantes.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• Tripp was 24 years older than Lewinsky at the time of the affair and had become a close confidante of the former White House intern — then 22.
  — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• Keeping most of his opinions offline), and has found a friend and confidante in The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• Might Pablo himself have been bound by just such a hallowed yoke, a sainted confidante?
  — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• Emhoff is Harris’ closest confidante, staunchest defender and eyes and ears on the trail.
  — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
• Rhaenyra gets lessons in exercising the common touch from her new confidante and love interest, Mysaria, who once presided over a network of spies in low places at King’s Landing.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024