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Examples of confessional in a Sentence
Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
She can be seen forging ahead with the holiday and cooking with son Gabe, 21, who later appears in a confessional with Savanah, 18, and Garrison, 24, to open up about their relationship with their dad.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
What kept fans talking in the lobby, though, were Nas’s confessionals about coming out.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
Neeson continued, noting that there were older women just outside the confessional, praying on their knees, as he was being yelled at.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
In a joint confessional, Danielle continued to be frustrated with Adam.
—Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
In a confessional, Khloé further elaborated on the state of their relationship.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
Advertisement The conference itself is a blend of religious and conservative orthodoxy, with speeches from figures such as Pence interspersed with masses in the sunshine and courtyard confessionals.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
As the montage continues, the episode cuts to a confessional.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
Dina Gachman, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2023
So his initial vision for the project — of the character who became James Savage standing on a Texas road with a vampire in his trunk — would gradually become one with confessional notes, nodding to everything from Nelson’s relationship history to his faith.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
In a confessional interview, a female participant cringes while reacting to the conditions of their stay.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
Even though the show has morphed into something more nuanced than the confessional tone of the original incarnation, the thing that makes Cooper such a successful podcaster — her willingness to bare all, or at least give the impression of doing so — is still deeply embedded in its DNA.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023
His work, like that of others before him, exhibits how the medium lends itself to confessional, reflective writing and how spaces in between panels offer inventive opportunities to find clarity about the trickier questions of life.
—Kay Sohini, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
Kirsch is joined in this episode by Harper’s deputy editor Jon Baskin to discuss how Smith’s historical fiction operates within this literary lineage, why autofiction came to succeed the confessional memoirs of the Nineties, and what the novel form can do for us.
—Adam Kirsch, Harper's Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
Love Is Blind’s Shake Chatterjee asks in a confessional interview.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
That enigmatic gift now gets to sparkle in the light of the stage, in a revival off-Broadway of John Patrick Shanley’s 1983 confessional drama.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Noun
probably borrowed from French confessional (short for chaire confessionale, siège confessional, literally, "confessional seat"), noun derivative of confessional, adjective, "constituting or used for a confession," borrowed from Medieval Latin confessiōnālis, from Latin confessiōn-, confessiō confession + -ālis -al entry 1
Adjective
borrowed from Medieval Latin confessiōnālis "constituting or used for a confession" — more at confessional entry 1
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“Confessional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confessional. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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