confide in someone

confide | American Dictionary

confide
verb
us/kənˈfɑɪd/
to tell something secret or personal to someone whom you trust not to tell anyone else:
[ I ]As sisters, they have always confided in each other.
[ + that clause ]She confided that most of her clients were actors.

Examples of confide

confide
A single question to measure the extent to which our respondent's had close or confiding relationships outside those in the home was added.
One-third did not confide worries to anyone (32.8%), yet one-third said they confided a great deal (29.6 %).
Only people with great trust in each other confided in whispers what was moving them.
Seven people had friends in whom they could confide and who made them feel cared about and needed.
Among married individuals having both daughters and sons, the likelihood of confiding in a spouse stays high and even increases in the case of wives.
For example, in the first row of the table, the 58 % of men confiding in a spouse refers only to those who were married.
To others, however, he would later confide that he had simply fabricated the supporting opinion.
Apart from spouses and siblings, the full family availability results in reductions in the likelihood of confiding in any one of the other relatives.
Older husbands are more likely to report confiding in their wives than are the wives to report confiding in husbands.
He can't confide in her, because he knows how close we are, and it makes it awkward for him.
Twenty years of suffering in silence, of not knowing in whom to confide.
Nor had his father confided political information and opinions to him.
It was overheard by the ostler who confided it to other customers.
It is notable that around one in five urban older women reported that they did not confide in anyone about family or personal problems.
The latter can be difficult especially for the cardiologist who cannot readily confide with his or her colleagues.
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