How to Use fess in a Sentence

fess

verb

• But later in the episode, which was taped in March, Gina fessed up.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 29 Oct. 2019
• Medved laughed, fessing up to a bit of hoops masochism.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• But sometimes the numbers just don’t add up, or fess up, and Game No.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• If that’s the case, the officials have never 'fessed up.
  — Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, 12 July 2019
• Instead of trying to take the easy way out, straighten your spine, fess up and do the right thing.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 1 June 2020
• Those familiar with the process wouldn’t fess up to which tweets were staff-written.
  — Annie Linskey, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2018
• When Mary Drake 'fessed up to the police about the burial spot, that removed the final piece of A.D.'s blackmail against the girls.
  — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 21 June 2017
• The litany of lies that Mr. Leissner had to fess up to on the stand was long and in some cases unbelievable.
  — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• Upon learning of his wife’s trickery, Bradlee urged her to fess up.
  — Amy Dewall Dadmun, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
• Before the night ended, my dad would fess up and everyone had a good laugh.
  — Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• The caller was the Comedy Cellar’s booker, and Velez had to fess up.
  — Stuart Miller, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
• Chris Wetherell fessed up to the RT button on Twitter’s being perhaps a bad idea.
  — Rose Eveleth, Wired, 28 Dec. 2019
• When cops arrived to Reed's home, Reed allegedly fessed up to making the threats.
  — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 4 May 2018
• And so fessing up to a lie, even a beautiful one, hurt.
  — Carrie Dunsmore, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2017
• That's laudably fast; remember, Uber took over a year to fess up to its data-theft woes.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2018
• And a black student at the university fessed up to sending racist threats and planting a noose.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 25 June 2019
• If the price is outlandishly high, then the idea is never going to happen, supporters should fess up.
  — Jennifer Rubin, The Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2019
• And von Frankenstein fesses up to being the reason behind any delay.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 11 May 2017
• Scott said no one asked him how the patient died and cited the immunity deal that allowed him to finally fess up.
  — Author: Julie Watson, Brian Melley, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
• As for Oprah’s mysterious third hand, Vanity Fair fessed up to the error.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018
• The site fessed up to the maneuver in a blog post, saying the idea was to raise money to finance the site without needing to rely on advertising.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2017
• Equally, a leader with RSD who can’t ‘fess up to their own shortcomings will create havoc.
  — Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• Three months later, China finally fessed up that yes, the amateurs were right.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 28 Mar. 2018
• Jessica fishes around to see if any of her friends are getting similar threats, but no one fesses up.
  — refinery29.com, 18 May 2018
• Scott said no one asked him how the patient died and acknowledged the immunity deal allowed him to finally fess up.
  — Brian Melley, The Denver Post, 20 June 2019
• The little girl at first denied placing the $162 order, but eventually fessed up.
  — Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• When none of her friends will fess up to the betrayal, in despair Tati takes a drastic, irreversible step that will affect everyone.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018
• Cheryl comes in and ‘fesses up, and also takes responsibility for sending Archie to shake Nick down.
  — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 18 Jan. 2018
• After keeping it a secret that Weaver had won the scholarship, Earnhardt finally fessed up to her in his office as her parents stood near.
  — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 13 Apr. 2018
• But now, less than a decade into this experiment, the industry is ‘fessing up.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024