confided

past tense of confide

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of confided As many commenters on Instagram confided, no one can prepare you for postpartum anxiety and depression that may accompany those sweet snuggles. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026 At a recent legacy nonprofit gala, a colleague confided that the event was the same thing—and the same people—year after year. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Then Rocha saw him a year later, and the student confided that college just wasn’t for him. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 But during the March video conference, Colorado regulators confided to industry lobbyists that the tool for rooting out fraud isn’t working. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026 Aylesworth says her mother previously confided that Brian Hooker choked her. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026 Instead, Shawn stages his story as a panel of intimate testimonies, confided to us alone. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026 Whitlock reveals that to keep news of Husky out of the press, Ike called war correspondents together and confided plans for Husky. — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confided
Verb
  • By May 2024, Red Lobster was in bankruptcy court, and Thai Union essentially handed the keys over to creditors, including Fortress Investment Group, which emerged as the eventual owner.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Yet the way the alleged data could be abused should feel familiar to anyone who has handed personal information to an employer, bank, health provider, insurance company or government agency.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Institutions ensure that responsibility survives the individuals entrusted with it.
    — Walid Chiniara, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The board is entrusted with the educational, physical and financial well-being of the district.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Just minutes later, Meyer transferred $10,000 from a fund account containing only investor money to the Meyer Global Partners account.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After recovering from physical injuries sustained in the TikTok Live, Hilton was transferred to an inpatient psychiatric facility, his brother-in-law reported on Hilton’s podcast in late August.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Once agents handled the assembly, those same people were making ranging decisions that had previously been delegated to gut feel.
    — Ali Alkhafaji, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • As of Thursday, the district did not respond to the Star-Telegram’s request for comment on cuts to dual-credit coordinators and how responsibilities have been delegated.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The lightweight compression socks are highly recommended by flight attendants, pilots, marathoners, and nurses who spend 12-hour shifts making rounds across hard hospital floors.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026
  • However, because the Food and Drug Administration has warned about a potential for birth abnormalities, it is not recommended for women who are pregnant or who want to get pregnant.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ricketts is the cosponsor of the Senate version of the bill that passed the House in July.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Newsom put his foot down in that fight, refusing to sign the state budget unless lawmakers passed the exemptions.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Confided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confided. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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