All 9 Uses of
confide
in
War and Peace
- She always addressed him with a radiantly confiding smile meant for him alone, in which there was something more significant than in the general smile that usually brightened her face.†
Chpt 3 *
- Young men read books before attending Helene's evenings, to have something to say in her salon, and secretaries of the embassy, and even ambassadors, confided diplomatic secrets to her, so that in a way Helene was a power.†
Chpt 6
- The whole letter breathed loving rapture for his betrothed and tender and confiding affection for his sister.†
Chpt 6
- They called him in to decide family disputes, chose him as executor, confided secrets to him, elected him to be a justice and to other posts; but he always persistently refused public appointments, passing the autumn and spring in the fields on his bay gelding, sitting at home in winter, and lying in his overgrown garden in summer.†
Chpt 7
- In Moscow Princess Mary had no one to talk to, no one to whom to confide her sorrow, and much sorrow fell to her lot just then.†
Chpt 8
- "It would be a relief," thought she, "if I ventured to confide what I am feeling to someone.†
Chpt 8
- He anxiously questioned the princess, asked her to speak out fully and confide her grief to him; but she only repeated that she begged him to forget what she had said, that she did not remember what she had said, and that she had no trouble except the one he knew of—that Prince Andrew's marriage threatened to cause a rupture between father and son.†
Chpt 8
- I have confided in you….†
Chpt 8
- And with that object he had asked Gerasim to get him a peasant's coat and a pistol, confiding to him his intentions of remaining in Joseph Alexeevich's house and keeping his name secret.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(confide) to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets