How to Use confidence in a Sentence

confidence

noun

• The class gave me more confidence.
• He lacked the confidence to succeed.
• They have an air of confidence about them.
• It takes time to build confidence when you are learning a new skill.
• She has done little to gain their confidence.
• The experience gave her the confidence to start her own business.
• School officials express confidence that the problem will soon be resolved.
• Good grades boosted her confidence.
• Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
• And Sitake has confidence in both of them to get the job done.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
• But right now, the Ravens have a lot of confidence in him.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• What does a vote of confidence mean in the case of an artist who has died?
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2020
• The wider the cone, the less confidence forecasters have in where the storm will go.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Go back with the confidence of the spirit of his love, of God's love. ...
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2023
• The Colts have won two in a row on the road and are coming home with some confidence.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• There may not have been a lot of sleep, but there was confidence.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2022
• The success over the summer should be a source of confidence, but that’s all.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2021
• He's been throwing the ball with a lot of confidence and pounding the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2021
• That doesn't fill me with confidence, looking at those words on the face of it.
  — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 11 Mar. 2020
• The confidence that [Coach] instilled in me from day one.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
• The goal was less to build his speed — that was already there — and more to build confidence in his speed.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
• Polls found that confidence in the city's future was at a 16-year low.
  — James Griffiths, CNN, 10 June 2019
• Get all the facts, and give your confidence the final say.
  — Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
• But Bell has a lot of confidence in this version of the lineup.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
• To get that again, perhaps for a longer time frame, would be a great vote of confidence.
  — Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2021
• Our faith in them is a big part of their confidence in themselves as a team.
  — Samantha Meese, OregonLive.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• Maybe it’s confidence, but one wrong move there could end it all.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• The journey to this level of confidence was not an easy one.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 1 Dec. 2021
• The findings raised wider confidence that blood tests could do the same in humans.
  — Jared Whitlock, Wired, 11 Mar. 2021
• What in your background that gave you that kind of confidence?
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 June 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024