CONFIDE in a Sentence

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Investors were concerned that allegations of corruption against the ruling party would hurt consumer confidence and economic growth.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONFIDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
confide
 v.  disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
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
2  Conrade," said the Grand Master, "dear companion of my battles and my toils, to thy faithful bosom alone I can confide my sorrows.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
3  She refused to confide even in Hilda, and Hilda, offended by her steady silence, had become rather intimate with a Dutch woman.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
4  You all give me a feeling of being able to trust and confide in you, which in common intercourse one knows nothing of.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
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.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
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
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
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
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.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
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.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES
12  It is you who have told me that you had a secret to confide in me.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
13  Laporte could not leave the Louvre; she had not a soul in the world in whom she could confide.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME
14  But the more the young woman excused herself, the more important Bonacieux thought the secret which she declined to confide to him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME
15  "You were about to confide it to Monsieur Bonacieux," said d'Artagnan, with chagrin.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 18 LOVER AND HUSBAND
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
16  A lawyer owes an obligation of confidence to the client.
17  The business community has lost confidence in the government.
18  Consumer confidence is currently at a low ebb.
19  A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
20  Consumer confidence reached an all-time low in September.
21  Consumer spending is often a good index of public confidence in the economy.
22  Tax cuts will boost consumer confidence after the recession.
23  Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery.
24  This will deal a blow to consumer confidence.
25  The company has been hard hit by the drop in consumer confidence.
26  Investors were concerned that allegations of corruption against the ruling party would hurt consumer confidence and economic growth.
27  The Government produced in the autumn statement a graph of consumer confidence.
28  The party was suffering a crisis of confidence among its supporters.
29  Doing a degree has increased my confidence and I feel much more self-aware.
30  The measures are intended to restore public confidence in the economy.