Confessions is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Confessions meaning
plural of confession
Using Confessions
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of confession
- In the example corpus, confessions often appears in combinations such as: confessions of, the confessions, confessions from.
Context around Confessions
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confessions
- In this selection, "confessions" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, coerced, extract, persona, purport, across and extracted stand out and add context to how "confessions" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although many confessions were greatly and and persona confessions purport to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confessions" sits close to words such as alluded, apostolic and babe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confessions
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
First up, Confessions Of A Highland Art Dealer by Tony Davidson. (11 words)
Activists say Iranian state TV has aired hundreds of coerced confessions over the last decade. (15 words)
She and Fallon also play a game of “True Confessions” with fellow guest Derek Jeter. (15 words)
Torture was deemed a legitimate means to extract confessions or to obtain the names of accomplices or other information about a crime, although many confessions were greatly invalid due to the victim being forced to confess under great agony and pressure. (41 words)
As we journey through life both online and offline, we weave a tapestry of secrets and confessions across our relationships, hiding some in the bottom of our bedroom cupboard and others at the back of the medicine cabinet. (38 words)
The confessions from comes as another cabin crew employee has revealed why using airplane-provided toilet paper is the worst thing you can do - and how to remedy the situation when you're in a fix. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
It called on the US to ensure that “no coerced confessions, including confessions made under torture, are used as part of the prosecution”.
Two accounts called Gamer Secrets and Persona Confessions purport to be Post Secret-style accounts that share anonymous confessions.
Christian confessions of faith Protestant denominations are usually associated with confessions of faith, which are similar to creeds but usually longer.
Torture was deemed a legitimate means to extract confessions or to obtain the names of accomplices or other information about a crime, although many confessions were greatly invalid due to the victim being forced to confess under great agony and pressure.
Activists say Iranian state TV has aired hundreds of coerced confessions over the last decade.
After retiring in 1999, he told the Dr. Phil show that he’d done 'whatever I have to do within the law' to get confessions or cooperation.
Amanda Goronska, 22, is known for being a Miss Bikini 2022 Finalist, but she recently made some candid confessions about her sex life.
As we journey through life both online and offline, we weave a tapestry of secrets and confessions across our relationships, hiding some in the bottom of our bedroom cupboard and others at the back of the medicine cabinet.
As well as the bombshell confessions, the trove of court documents also reveals new details about the murders of the teenage best friends for the first time.
Devotees flock to churches for confessions and prayers like novenas and the Way of the Cross.
First up, Confessions Of A Highland Art Dealer by Tony Davidson.
Hosseini’s lawyer Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani said in a Dec. 18 tweet that Hosseini had been severely tortured and that confessions extracted under torture had no legal basis.
However, the body was soon found, and taxi records led to the men’s arrest, confessions and convictions.
Human Rights Watch said Libya’s detention facilities were mired in abuses – including torture and intimidation – to extract confessions during Mas’ud’s years in Libyan prisons.
Rights groups are calling on the international community to prevent the execution of three protesters who were reportedly forced into confessions.
Rooted in worry we may be judged for baring our soul, it can last for hours or days depending on the gravity of the confessions made.
She and Fallon also play a game of “True Confessions” with fellow guest Derek Jeter.
The "admixture" of his "multiple confessions" along with the corroborating eyewitness accounts collectively demonstrate Davis' role in Shakur's killing, prosecutors said.
The confessions from comes as another cabin crew employee has revealed why using airplane-provided toilet paper is the worst thing you can do - and how to remedy the situation when you're in a fix.
The confessions happened during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live! during an appearance he made seven years ago.
Common combinations with confessions
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- confessions of 39×
- the confessions 20×
- confessions from 11×
- confessions and 9×
- confessions were 8×
- and confessions 8×
- of confessions 8×
- extract confessions 6×
- his confessions 6×
- confessions or 5×