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Wondering how to use Confess in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as admit or acknowledge.

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Confess meaning

  1. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
  2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
  3. To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.

Synonyms of Confess

admit acknowledge squeal shrive fink concede profess

Related words

Other words often associated with Confess or its synonyms:

declare hold accept take deny rat canary utter recognise communicate permit yield

Using Confess

  • The main meaning on this page is: To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. | To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. | To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
  • Useful related words include: admit, acknowledge, squeal, shrive.
  • In the example corpus, confess often appears in combinations such as: to confess, confess to, confess that.

Context around Confess

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

must 2× freely 1×

Often after:

small 1× holding 1×

Sentence patterns with Confess

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and freely confess of the 1× court and confess it in 1× forced to confess 1× freeman to confess to voter 1× had to confess holding too 1× have to confess i had 1× he should confess to a 1× here and confess i m 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i must confess 2× arguably the worst 1× as a movement 1× as per these 1× begin rebuilding trust 1× dunn made several 1×

Common sentence endings:

2 mile loop 1× 2017 and 2021 1× a purdue flag 1× against the innocent 1× didn t commit 1× established carmakers evs 1×

Words around Confess

Just before it in the word index:

confers 75 conferring 81 conferred 280 conferral 7 conferment 31 conferencing 159

Just after it in the word index:

confessed 826 confessedly 2 confesses 154 confessing 123 confessio 2 confession 512

Similar in corpus frequency:

anglers 291 asbestos 291 bali 291 banerjee 291 blaine 291 buckley 291

Corpus analysis for Confess

  • In this selection, "confess" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, must, freely, small and holding stand out and add context to how "confess" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and freely confess of the and court and confess it in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "confess" sits close to words such as anglers, asbestos and bali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with confess

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Dunn made several more attempts to get Winders to confess. (10 words)

Even committed fans like Kit will confess to some fatigue. (10 words)

He should confess to a double error in ignoring Ringrose in 2017 and 2021. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

As per these laws, the legal age of marriage is 18. He also informed that according to the law of Pakistan, if someone wants to convert her/his religion, they must appear in court and confess it in front of the law. (42 words)

I must confess that I do not go to Kirkwood Avenue at all now, where the church is located, so I was rather stunned to see that at Nicks, the epicenter of all things IU, they were flying a Purdue flag. (41 words)

I must confess, when pondering what adventures my seven-year-old son and I could get up to over a long weekend (courtesy of two school inset days) a trip to Amsterdam wasn’t somewhere that immediately sprang to mind. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Arguably, the worst case is when only one party is guilty: here, the innocent one has no incentive to confess, while the guilty one has a strong incentive to confess and give testimony (including false testimony ) against the innocent.

As a movement it is diffuse and vacillating and shows a distinct reluctance to candidly own and freely confess of the interpretive tradition bequeathed to us by the English Reformers.

As per these laws, the legal age of marriage is 18. He also informed that according to the law of Pakistan, if someone wants to convert her/his religion, they must appear in court and confess it in front of the law.

Begin rebuilding trust by keeping promises or even making a point to confess small mess-ups either before they are found out, or in lieu of pretending like they never happened.

But, as a dog person who enjoys the trails at CU South two-three times a week, I confess I am in no hurry to lose access to that wonderful 2-mile loop.

But, when it comes to the little quality-of-life things like sound deadening and suspension tuning, I confess it seems a step behind some of the more established carmakers’ EVs.

Dunn made several more attempts to get Winders to confess.

Even committed fans like Kit will confess to some fatigue.

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Floyd is accused of pressuring poll worker Ruby Freeman to confess to voter fraud crimes she didn't commit.

Frumkin arrived in 2019, so cannot be blamed for the damaging episode in which Metro had to confess holding too little capital against its loan book (unimpressed regulators issued a fine).

Going back to Newell’s has always, I will confess, been my preferred coda to Messi’s career.

He should confess to a double error in ignoring Ringrose in 2017 and 2021.

However, Simran – who identifies as a trans woman and is working to free the accused – told local media that the arrested individuals were forced to confess.

I confess I was one of the people who got taken in by the movie’s fake reality.

I’ll be open and confess that, following the previous three years, I never imagined I would find someone special in my life.

I’ll be quite candid with you here and confess I’m not clear what WhatsApp is.

I must confess that I do not go to Kirkwood Avenue at all now, where the church is located, so I was rather stunned to see that at Nicks, the epicenter of all things IU, they were flying a Purdue flag.

I must confess, when pondering what adventures my seven-year-old son and I could get up to over a long weekend (courtesy of two school inset days) a trip to Amsterdam wasn’t somewhere that immediately sprang to mind.

In addition, Murphy also took a minute to confess that waiting so long to bring Axel Foley back took its toll.

I skipped pudding because I was full (I have to confess, I had eaten some of her excellent fish).

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Common combinations with confess

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "confess" in a sentence?
An example: "Arguably, the worst case is when only one party is guilty: here, the innocent one has no incentive to confess, while the guilty one has a strong incentive to confess and give testimony (including false testimony ) against the innocent." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "confess" from authentic English texts.
What does "confess" mean?
Confess means: To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
What are synonyms of "confess"?
Common synonyms of "confess" include: admit, acknowledge, squeal, shrive, fink, concede, profess.
How many example sentences with "confess" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "confess", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.