Explore Confide through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like unwrap or intrust. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Confide meaning
- To trust, have faith (in).
- To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
- To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
Synonyms of Confide
Using Confide
- The main meaning on this page is: To trust, have faith (in). | To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. | To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
- Useful related words include: unwrap, intrust, entrust, let out.
- In the example corpus, confide often appears in combinations such as: confide in, to confide, will confide.
Context around Confide
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confide
- In this selection, "confide" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to confide in anyone and apartment and confide in her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confide" sits close to words such as aaryan, acrimony and akash, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confide
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Someone they could confide in better than anyone else. (9 words)
General Hospital spoilers say Laura will confide in Jackie Templeton (Kim Delaney) on Tuesday. (14 words)
Barney can sometimes be lulled into a false sense of security and confide in Lily. (15 words)
Later, Whitney becomes emotional when she learns her test results for her baby are delayed for a further two weeks and after some persuasion from Zack (James Farrar), she decides to confide in her big brother Ryan. (37 words)
Other Days spoilers say Sloan Petersen-Brady (Jessica Serfaty) will continue to fume over Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan) not making her a priority anymore, so she’ll confide in Melinda Trask (Tina Huang) and get some guidance. (37 words)
Other Days spoilers say Nicole DiMera (Arianne Zucker) will confide in Marlena, so they’ll sit down for a conversation about Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis), Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan), EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and more. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Carl eventually looked up to Michonne as a parental figure, but one he could confide in without worrying about being treated like a child.
Confide in your closest people what you wish for, and let that wish start to take shape in the world.
Freddy is the closest to Billy and is a comic lover, which made him the perfect person for Billy to confide in when he was bestowed his powers.
He’s lived for a very long time, and he’s never been able to confide in anyone or have anyone understand what it meant to have the power he had.
It’s hard for them to know who they can really confide in. And while they have achieved notoriety with wealth and fame, it’s also an incredible burden.
Later, Whitney becomes emotional when she learns her test results for her baby are delayed for a further two weeks and after some persuasion from Zack (James Farrar), she decides to confide in her big brother Ryan.
Not all parents are supportive, and children should be able to trust that they won't be reported to parents if they confide in a teacher.
Sure, we have close friends, people outside the family to confide in and spend time with, but we will forever have one another.
The Young and the Restless spoilers say the news about Phyllis’ survival will spread eventually, so maybe Summer will confide in Victor at some point.
To the parents of children who don’t confide in them, I would advise them to keep their doors open.
Ashley and Gordon are two imperfect yet funny characters who choose each other and confide in each other with their pasts and personal issues.
However, 43% would be willing to confide in close friends, and just over half (52%) would do so with their partner.
I had no one to confide in and that was the biggest mistake of my professional life was to think that if one person knew, everybody knew.
Other Days spoilers say Nicole DiMera (Arianne Zucker) will confide in Marlena, so they’ll sit down for a conversation about Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis), Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan), EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and more.
Other Days spoilers say Sloan Petersen-Brady (Jessica Serfaty) will continue to fume over Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan) not making her a priority anymore, so she’ll confide in Melinda Trask (Tina Huang) and get some guidance.
Someone they could confide in better than anyone else.
Barney can sometimes be lulled into a false sense of security and confide in Lily.
Days spoilers say Rex will just want a chance to talk, so Sarah will let him in the apartment and confide in her ex.
General Hospital spoilers say Laura will confide in Jackie Templeton (Kim Delaney) on Tuesday.
I like myself a lot, and it feels so stupid that I’ve let two mean girls affect that and make me feel embarrassed to confide in my husband.
Common combinations with confide
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- confide in 40×
- to confide 17×
- will confide 4×
- and confide 4×
- could confide 2×
- they confide 2×
- ll confide 2×
- confide to 2×