To impart private information, typically in a trustworthy manner.
She felt a heavy weight lifted as she could finally confide in her best friend. Tears welled in her eyes, but she knew she could trust her with this difficult secret. Her friend listened, offering comfort and understanding.
When the old rover, Rusty, looked at me with those sad, knowing eyes, I knew I could finally confide in him. He'd seen me through the messy parts of building my tiny, solar-powered dune buggy, and I just had to tell him about the faulty wiring.
The little rockhopper penguin, Pip, huddled close to his mother. He’d lost his special shiny pebble. He felt a lump in his throat, but he knew he could confide in her. She nudged him gently, a silent promise to help him find it.
My dog, Buster, always looks at me with those big, sad eyes when I drop food. I like to confide in him about my messy eating habits. He never tells a soul, or barks about my crumbs. He's the best secret-keeper, even if he just licks his chops in response.
My pet rock, Bartholomew, is a terrible listener. I tried to confide my secret stash of gummy worms to him, but he just sat there, stony-faced. No nods, no sympathetic murmurs, just a blank stare. He's really not the confidant I thought he'd be.
Sarah felt her chest tighten as she sat across from her best friend. She desperately needed to confide the terrible secret weighing her down, knowing she could trust him to listen without judgment.
The old mechanic wiped grease from his hands. He looked at me, a rare sadness in his eyes. "I need to confide something," he said, his voice low. "My prize-winning carburetor has a secret flaw only I know."
The old man gripped my hand, his knuckles white. He looked at the vast, indifferent desert stretching before us, then back at me. "I need to confide something," he whispered, his voice rough. He told me where he'd buried the seeds that could regenerate the forgotten desert blooms.
Bartholomew, a man whose socks rarely matched, decided to confide his deepest secret to the squirrel in his oak tree: he'd been using fabric softener on his *own* hair. The squirrel, bless its tiny, nut-obsessed heart, just chattered back, probably wondering if Bartholomew had any acorns to spare.
Barnaby the badger, a renowned expert in competitive cheese rolling, decided to confide his secret weapon to his prize pig, Penelope. He whispered, "The key isn't speed, it's... strategic splattering!" Penelope, mid-snuffle, just grunted, clearly not trusted with such vital, dairy-based intel.
He felt the weight lift as he began to confide in his closest friend. The secrets he'd held for so long, anxieties he'd never voiced, spilled out in hushed tones. She listened intently, her steady gaze a silent promise of understanding, creating a safe harbor for his innermost thoughts.
After weeks of silent struggle, she finally decided to confide in her mentor about the overwhelming burden of the deep-sea algae cultivation project. She carefully chose her words, needing to trust that the sensitive data would remain private, hoping for some solace.
The old mechanic, grease smudged across his brow, leaned closer. "Don't tell anyone else, but that antique carburetor is a total fraud," he whispered, his voice low. He needed someone to confide in about the stolen parts, trusting the young apprentice with his dangerous secret.
Barnaby, a squirrel of questionable judgment, would often confide his elaborate nut-hoarding strategies to Bartholomew the badger. Bartholomew, who possessed the memory retention of a particularly forgetful sponge, would invariably forget these profound secrets by lunchtime, much to Barnaby's bewildered consternation.
My pet badger, Bartholomew, is an exceptional confidant. I can always confide in him my deepest anxieties, like whether my meticulously organized sock drawer truly reflects my inner turmoil or if my neighbor's gnome collection is secretly plotting world domination. He just nods sagely, occasionally gnawing on a discarded cheese puff.
Trembling, she leaned in, desperate to confide the tumultuous anxieties that had been plaguing her. He listened intently, his steady gaze a silent promise that her most clandestine revelations would remain solely between them.
The young apprentice, after weeks of clandestine observations and mounting trepidation, finally found the courage to confide in the seasoned cartographer. Her whispers revealed the unsettling discrepancies in the expedition's charts, a perilous truth she dared not broadcast.
After weeks of solitary observation, the astrobiologist felt a profound urge to confide in her colleague about the peculiar biofluorescent patterns on Xylos. She hoped he would understand the gravity of this unprecedented cosmic anomaly, a secret burden she could no longer bear alone.
Barnaby, a notoriously parsimonious badger, would only confide his secret stash of artisanal cheese to Reginald, his most loquacious but remarkably guileless raccoon companion, knowing Reginald's penchant for gossiping would ensure the *entire* burrow was soon privy to the brie's pungent existence.
After a harrowing escapade involving a rogue sentient garden gnome and an ill-advised attempt at artisanal cheese fermentation, Bartholomew felt compelled to confide his mortification to Bartholomew. He whispered, his voice quivering with the residual scent of overripe Stilton, the lamentable saga of the runaway brie.
Basic — Common words most learners already know.