How to Use confidant in a Sentence

confidant

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  • He is a trusted confidant of the president.
  • The challenge is to shift your mindset from that of a comrade and confidant to that of a coach and accountability partner.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • Tim Page, the music critic and a close Gould confidant, was asked last year what his friend might have made of quarantine living.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 17 June 2021
  • Love became a frequent confidant after speaking out in recent years on his personal journey with mental health.
    — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
  • His top confidant and his former chief of staff have pleaded not guilty on charges associated with the investigation.
    — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021
  • Caban was among several of the mayor's aides and confidants who received federal search warrants earlier this month.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Swaths of the book are told largely through Musk’s eyes and those of his confidants.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • So Leah was supposed to be my final two and my main confidant in the house.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Ice Spice has a friend — and confidant — in Taylor Swift!
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
  • First up is Jennifer Tilly, who has made appearances on the show in the past as a confidant of Stracke's.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
  • Chiles won the medal while stepping in for Biles, her closest friend and confidant.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Cree plays the role of Daisy, Aza’s outgoing best friend and confidant.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • There’s — God bless the dead — our confidant, Gangsta Boo.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Levin, a close confidant of the prime minister, is the mastermind of the overhaul.
    — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • The character Jessie Buss in the show is like Jerry Buss’ confidant.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Yet to hear Steele open up and see her feel accepted by one of her oldest confidants is a joy.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Yet to hear Steele open up and see her feel accepted by one of her oldest confidants is a joy.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Linklater will play Rick Krause, the president of the Angelyne fan club and her decades-long confidant.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Banks spoke with Lippman, the former chief judge of New York, who had become a kind of mentor and confidant.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The sister of Red's former confidant, healer, and lover Mierce Xiu?
    — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 May 2023
  • After starting out as a ranch hand, Rip worked his way up to be the Dutton Ranch’s foreman and John's confidant.
    — Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Lacewell remained a confidant of the Jones family and would often spend time around the team in training camp.
    — Dallas News, 20 May 2022
  • Many were designed by her close friend and confidant Hubert de Givenchy and remain the stuff of fashion fantasies to this day.
    — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Williams is also seen as a close confidant of Powell’s.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Powell did not talk about it much, but his friend and confidant Lawrence Wilkerson did.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The hearings were orchestrated by a top staffer, Roy Cohn, who became a confidant of a younger Trump.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 June 2024
  • What happened next would become the subject of much discussion among confidants of the two men.
    — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • One of Alex’s childhood confidants began to play the piano, and their bridesmaids and groomsmen began to sing along.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Bassem Awadallah, the former confidant, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a cousin of the king, each received a sentence of 15 years with hard labor.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
  • Mother and son live in voluntary exile with only a white crocodile as their confidant.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024

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