Confides is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Confides meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of confide
Using Confides
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of confide
- In the example corpus, confides often appears in combinations such as: confides in, he confides, confides to.
Context around Confides
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confides
- In this selection, "confides" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, billy, kendall and monica stand out and add context to how "confides" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and he confides in her and annaliese confides in jenna. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confides" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confides
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If anything, Ellis confides, he feels betrayed. (7 words)
A worried Amy confides in Liz that she’s discovered she’s pregnant. (13 words)
Finally, Marnie confides in Simone that she's scared of going to prison. (13 words)
Billy quickly confides his new alter ego to Freddy Freeman, his roommate in the group home, and they exploit the benefits of Billy being in an adult superhero's body before Black Adam attacks Shazam. (35 words)
Drummer Gene Murphy confides, “We openly talk about lesbian relationships in our music, and we want to bring hope to anyone who is in the closet and doesn’t feel safe coming out. (33 words)
Misbah leaves the hospital with Zain, who confides in Tom that he knows about his wife’s kiss with Donny but he’s going to be the bigger man about it. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Billy confides in Dee-Dee how worried he is about Paul and demands to know what’s going on.
Eventually, Kendall confides in Roman and Shiv about his incident with the waiter, and surprisingly enough, they understand what their sibling is going through and join him against Logan.
Monica confides in her new friend about an affair with a senior politician at the White House who she doesn’t name.
Peter confides in Tim that he’s worried his relationship with Carla has run its course as these days she’s totally preoccupied with the factory.
She cares for him, fixing food and mending clothes between her work schedule, and he confides in her secrets he shouldn't share with a soul.
Yet as soon as Shauna confides in them and they side with her, our view of them shifts.
Anna is upset and confides in Gina, who resolves to find out what Freddie’s problem is and soon realises that Freddie has feelings for Anna, too.
Frustrated by the lack of a spacious bag to accommodate her travel essentials, Birkin confides in Dumas.
He describes the antics of the wire-haired terrier they bought after I left – a furry replacement for me, perhaps – and confides that he is studying an English textbook.
Misbah leaves the hospital with Zain, who confides in Tom that he knows about his wife’s kiss with Donny but he’s going to be the bigger man about it.
Confused, Ruby confides in Whitney that she thinks she's ruined everything with Martin.
Drummer Gene Murphy confides, “We openly talk about lesbian relationships in our music, and we want to bring hope to anyone who is in the closet and doesn’t feel safe coming out.
Jules confides he’s miserable, that Catherine has constant affairs, has left him and their baby, Sabine, for months at a time, and that he lives in terror of losing her.
A worried Amy confides in Liz that she’s discovered she’s pregnant.
Billy quickly confides his new alter ego to Freddy Freeman, his roommate in the group home, and they exploit the benefits of Billy being in an adult superhero's body before Black Adam attacks Shazam.
If anything, Ellis confides, he feels betrayed.
Laughing self-deprecatingly, Paula confides, “It’s like having kids and you try to do the same thing by each one, and they all come out different.
Annaliese confides in Jenna that she wants to approach John and hopes his date with Caroline goes bad so she can get a rose.
Finally, Marnie confides in Simone that she's scared of going to prison.
It just piles up," he confides to the other person who is still unseen.
Common combinations with confides
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- confides in 24×
- he confides 5×
- confides to 4×
- and confides 3×
- confides that 2×
- who confides 2×
- confides he 2×