Sentence examples for confesses from inspiring English sources

The word "confesses" is correct in written English
It is typically used when someone admits to a wrongdoing or reveals a secret. Example: "She confesses to her mistakes during the meeting."

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confesses

verb

Third person singular of confess

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She confesses that, shortly after returning to the UK, she called her former pimp, Christoph, "because I just… I actually felt in love with him, I did.

At this, Lost in Showbiz confesses, it felt a certain prickle of prurient anticipation.

And her face clouds over, too, as she confesses she spends her whole time forgetting things.

But he's a lad, too, who confesses to being tempted to "shag the most famous person you meet, though I'm still on the Z-listers right now".

"I'm barracking for the Khaleesi, the mother of dragons," Gillard confesses in an interview with Guardian Australia political editor Lenore Taylor.

gunadeasalainn confesses to having binge-watched House of Cards (who hasn't) and asks about music: Hello Kevin.

"Every time I think about life in the west, my whole body trembles," he confesses.

"Not that much," she confesses.

[Argues that tulipmania was not irrational in rare bulb trade though confesses that the price changes to common bulbs does "defy explanation"]Mackay, C. (2004) [1841] Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds.

But two writers have more radical ideas and they are both ones that any economist could appreciate.First, over at the New York Times, Josh Barro (no stranger to the economics profession) confesses that he's a frequent recliner, and suggests a novel fix for those seated behind him: pay up.

Ed Zander, president of Sun Microsystems, confesses: "I have never seen an environment where capital spending has fallen off as dramatic and sudden as this in all the years I have been in the business".

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