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to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secretsMuch more rarely, confide can mean to give trust to someone while giving them something important—such as a responsibility or a valuable item. For example, "I confided the job to her care."
- She confided in me. I won't repeat what was said.
confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- She confided in her parents.
- Samson should not have confided in his mistress Delilah.
- Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you won't confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven't told me the secret of your great strength."Judges 16:15 (NIV)
- Soon, Mama was confiding in Carmen, telling her all that had happened with Papa and Tio Luis.Pam Munoz Ryan -- Esperanza Rising
- He knew I wasn't telling him something—I could hear the hurt in his voice that I wouldn't confide in him—but I put him out of my mind the moment I hung up the phone.Tara Westover -- Educated
- It had been here, in this very room, that Dumbledore had told him that he was to confide the contents of their lessons to nobody but Ron and Hermione.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Hilde confided in me recently that she's had a boyfriend for a few months now, and she's very much in love.Mina Baites -- The Silver Music Box
- First promise me—give me your word—that what I now confide in you Thea shall never know.Henrik Ibsen -- Hedda Gabler
- Margot is very kind and would like me to confide in her, but I can't tell her everything.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- "Nasal drip," Denton Deere whispered, confiding the latest diagnosis to his partner.Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game
- "I could have sneaked a look at the list prior to the ceremony," Father confided.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
- "The girls are having such fun," she heard her mother confide to Mrs. Fanning.Julia Alvarez -- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
- "Well, I ain't told this to nobody before. Maybe I oughten to. I don' like Curley. He ain't a nice fella." And because she had confided in him, she moved closer to Lennie and sat beside him.John Steinbeck -- Of Mice and Men
- 'I see,' he said, 'you trust your children, and confide in them.'
'Of course,' said Mother.
'Then I may tell them our little arrangement,' he said. 'Your Mother, my dears, has consented to give up writing for a little while and to become a Matron of my Hospital.'Edith Nesbit -- The Railway Children - I hadn't spoken to my brother in months—after what happened with Audrey, it had seemed pointless to confide in my siblings.Tara Westover -- Educated
- I've often imagined how nice it would be if someone were to confide everything to me.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- He was the first boyfriend in whom I confided about my family—Tara Westover -- Educated
- —really confided, the truth and not just amusing anecdotes.Tara Westover -- Educated
- I, for that matter, didn't know him either, had never had someone I could confide in, and it's led to this ....Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
confided = placed trust by talking about private things
confided = placed trust (in someone) by telling a secret
confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confide = tell confidentially
confided = placed trust (in someone) by telling something private
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confiding = trusting
confided = placed trust by telling a secret
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confided = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
confided = placed trust (in someone) and talked about private things
confided = placed trust (in someone) and talked about private things
confide = place trust (in someone) and talk about private things
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