How to Use confidante in a Sentence

confidante

noun
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  • She was her closest friend and confidante.
  • But DeGuerin said Durst did not kill his friend and confidante.
    — Augie Martin, CNN, 18 May 2021
  • Beyond the shock of the news was the fear of losing her closest confidante far too soon.
    — Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Wade, a partial owner of the Jazz and a Mitchell confidante, would know enough to be concerned, if that is, in fact, the case.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • May Pang recounting her life in rock ‘n’ roll and the whirlwind 18 months spent as a friend, lover and confidante to John Lennon in the mid-’70s.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 June 2022
  • Dorothy Babino-Dixon was a confidante, a co-worker and a friend.
    — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • If not an accomplice, Sarai was at least a close confidante, and a witness to the planning of a crime.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Durst is charged with the first-degree murder of his close friend and confidante, Susan Berman, in 2000.
    — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Few knew, except his wife and a close circle of confidantes.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Redmayne is clever casting, as Cullen spends a good part of the movie being a loyal friend and confidante to Amy.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Like any zombie-to-be, Tom seeks out the next human to turn, and that’s his favorite confidante/whipping boy Greg.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
  • And while tears are shed, inside jokes are also shared, drawing the listener in like a close confidante who can’t wait to get the tea.
    — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
  • From ‘no’ to ‘yes’ in Hollywood For the children growing up in the ’80s, Judy Blume was the ultimate confidante.
    — Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Keeping most of his opinions offline), and has found a friend and confidante in The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
  • Might Pablo himself have been bound by just such a hallowed yoke, a sainted confidante?
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • Durst was found guilty of killing his longtime confidante Susan Berman.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 11 Jan. 2022
  • But Cloud seemed to be getting closer to sharing some of his music — at least with close confidantes.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
  • After a five-month trial, a judge ordered Durst to spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Susan Berman, his longtime confidante, in 2000.
    — Alejandra Reyes-Velarde Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • During the rally, Hope Hicks, a top Trump aide and close confidante, had started feeling sick.
    — Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Now, one of the key architects of the Fed’s inflation fight will become Biden’s close confidante.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Harry's then-girlfriend hangs with his cousin, a close confidante.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Kardashian said Appleton has been more than a stylist to her: He's been a confidante.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Women lack not just a workplace confidante, but a peer who understands the unique pressures of being one of a few.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Thiele will appear in the new season as Q, a new Woom employee who becomes the girls’ cooler and younger confidante.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Oct. 2021
  • But for the most part, the premiere paints Siobhan as Anna’s best friend and confidante, who is working tirelessly to make her dreams come true.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The two made peace and strengthened their bond over time — indeed, the senior Ritchie became a tight business confidante as his son’s career took off.
    — Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Maya, played by Suvari, is Anne’s closest confidante, who has her own dark secret.
    — Jennifer Yuma, Variety, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Durst, 78, who was hunched in a wheelchair in a light blue sportscoat, has pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in the point-blank shooting of Susan Berman, his confidante.
    — NBC News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Berman, the daughter of a Las Vegas mobster and a writer, was Durst’s longtime confidante from college days.
    — Brian Melley, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Durst, 78, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the point-blank shooting of Berman, his longtime confidante, in her Los Angeles home.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 18 Aug. 2021

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