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Evidently Denny was having one of his unexpectedly confiding moments.†
p. 130.4 *

confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
She'd known everybody's secrets; everyone confided in her.†
p. 155.4

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
She didn't confide in Abby, though.†
p. 156.4

confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
Or last December, when the McCarthys had invited her and Red to a Christmas concert along with a bunch of their other friends, and she had been so chatty and confiding with the man who happened to be seated next to her but then discovered, by and by, that he was a total stranger, had nothing to do with the McCarthys and no doubt thought she was a lunatic.†
p. 161.5

confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
Not ten minutes later, Deb gave Elise a black eye for claiming that their grandma had once confided that she loved Elise the best.†
p. 180.4

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things

Definitions:

(1) (confide)
to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much 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."