How to Use confide in in a Sentence

confide in

phrasal verb

• To laugh with you, to cry with you, to confide in you, to trust you, to comfort you, to support you.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• Dunne writes that Montgomery confided in Ellen about Cammann while on the job.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
• And about a month before her death, Susann had confided in Rick Leeds.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2024
• Around this time, a good friend confided in me about being plagued with suicidal thoughts.
  — Brad Jacobs, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
• Ronney will have the messages to prove Eric confided in him about getting high.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
• Two people who Voigt confided in about the incident confirmed the story to Vox.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 16 May 2024
• Imagine that Simpson had continued to confide in him from jail.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
• Ryan said the victim confided in a number of people that Bady had threatened her as recently as the middle of last week.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
• In such an arrangement, young lovers cannot kiss nor touch but merely confide in one another.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2023
• The two had known each other since their law school days at Stanford, yet the chief justice and the associate justice had not confided in each other about their plans.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Don’t confide in others when using the element of surprise.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
• Over the years, each had confided in the other about their innermost struggles—in high school, Carter had come out to his father, and Bubba had shared his secrets with his son.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2024
• Queen Charlotte then confronts her, not only for breaking her brother's heart but for not confiding in her during a tough time.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 12 May 2023
• Lorraine had confided in her friend Carol, a single woman who knew about those other affairs, and had promised to vacate her flat.
  — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• And not just in Balanchine, and not just in ballet, but also, for example, in flamenco—how the singer and the dancer respect each other, confide in each other.
  — Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 10 June 2023
• Mothers who have confided in Nemer report their kids constantly asking to watch the news or role-playing the war by forming gangs and fighting in schools.
  — TIME, 27 Feb. 2024
• Sophie confided in her mom about the betrayal, and contemplated what came next.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• In this case, however, letting Annie confide in a friend or two could loosen things up in her, which would ultimately benefit you.
  — Sierra Greer, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
• My partner has been having some health issues, and she’s only recently confided in some friends and family about it.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
• However, the student confided in her chemistry teacher at one point, according to the lawsuit.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
• Also on tap, and perhaps most importantly, Richard confides in Bailey, and Teddy's fate is revealed.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2024
• Because of their close relationship, Joplin was the one person Garcia felt comfortable enough with to confide in about his struggles with pain and anxiety, Burnell said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
• Mattina obviously didn't learn her lesson from confiding in the wrong person last week.
  — Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
• One elderly woman tearfully confided in her that her adult daughter hit her.
  — Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2023
• Jacquelyn Golden, a full-time substitute at a west Columbus elementary school, has formed relationships with students, who confide in her and give her hugs in the hallway.
  — Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
• Ballinger also often confided in McIntyre about personal life issues through one-on-one messages.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• Dickey had confided in a number of people about the abuse, which allegedly included physical violence and threats, the DA noted.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
• Based on the testimony of a jailhouse informant who said that Mark had confided in him, prosecutors said that Mark panicked when the doses of ethylene glycol didn’t end Julie’s life.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Tina eventually made the difficult decision to confide in her colleagues at the Alzheimer's Association about what was going on with Kevin.
  — AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
• Guerra had confided in Debbie about her miscarriage, and Colt said his mom’s reaction was mild in comparison to the devastating loss.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024