CONFIDE in a Sentence
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310 example sentences for CONFIDE, such as:
1. I confide absolutely in his honesty.
2. Without confidence there is no friendship.
3. His air of confidence makes him a natural leader.
4. There was an air of confidence in the England camp.
5. I confide it to your honour and to your love of justice.
2. Without confidence there is no friendship.
3. His air of confidence makes him a natural leader.
4. There was an air of confidence in the England camp.
5. I confide it to your honour and to your love of justice.
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Meanings and Examples of CONFIDE
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confide
v. confer a trust upon
v. reveal in private; tell confidentially
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Again I had an opportunity of asking him a point blank question, and again my delicacy prevented me from forcing another man to confide in me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 Conrade," said the Grand Master, "dear companion of my battles and my toils, to thy faithful bosom alone I can confide my sorrows.
3 She refused to confide even in Hilda, and Hilda, offended by her steady silence, had become rather intimate with a Dutch woman.
4 You all give me a feeling of being able to trust and confide in you, which in common intercourse one knows nothing of.
5 --Three girls, the two eldest sixteen and fourteen, was an awful legacy for a mother to bequeath, an awful charge rather, to confide to the authority and guidance of a conceited, silly father.
6 Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.
7 As to Mycroft, I had to confide in him in order to obtain the money which I needed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
8 The unfortunate lady has not the money, and there are none of her people in whom she could confide.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
9 I confide it to your honour and to your love of justice.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
10 He perceived the possibility of not returning to the Rue Plumet, and he could neither leave Toussaint behind nor confide his secret to her.
11 It would be better to plunge into that labyrinth, to confide themselves to that black gloom, and to trust to Providence for the outcome.
12 It is you who have told me that you had a secret to confide in me.
13 Laporte could not leave the Louvre; she had not a soul in the world in whom she could confide.
14 But the more the young woman excused herself, the more important Bonacieux thought the secret which she declined to confide to him.
15 "You were about to confide it to Monsieur Bonacieux," said d'Artagnan, with chagrin.
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
1 I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness.
2 I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet.
3 I confide absolutely in his honesty.
4 It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
5 Her platitudinous advice to the student is to "just be yourself," though she will subsequently confide, in voiceover, that "there is no secret."
6 His air of confidence makes him a natural leader.
7 I have complete confidence in Mr Wright's analysis of the situation.
8 The Indian Prime Minister, V P Singh, lost a vote of confidence in the Indian parliament.
9 The government held a vote of confidence and lost/won it.
10 Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
11 The Government will have to work hard to win back the confidence of the people.
12 Without confidence there is no friendship.
13 Timid children need gentle handling to build up their confidence.
14 There was an air of confidence in the England camp.
15 We don't have the confidence that the UN will carry through a sustained program.