Sentence examples for confessional time from inspiring English sources

"I guess we're living in a much more confessional time, because I was amazed at how willing the squaddies were to talk, so much more than those who went to World War II and never opened up," Mr. Burke said.

"But I think that we're actually living in a far more personal, confessional time in entertainment," he continued one where keeping up that façade is a less-savvy business move than it once was.

I think that he and the Kevin Spacey's of the world are living under this kind of 80s assumption of what acting is and they've got to be able to play straight to get the straight roles, but I think that we're actually living in a far more personal, confessional time in entertainment.

"It really was ahead of its time, or a harbinger of these confessional times," said Claudia Gutwirth, 52, a professional poker dealer who said she mostly "listened and lurked" on the line for about 18 months in the mid-1990s.

The story of the runaway e-mail message, which made the rounds of London's law firms and banks before going international to New Zealand, Hong Kong, Australia and the United States, is of course a sobering cautionary tale for these shockingly confessional times.

I don't think Hammershoi would have liked the confessional times we live in now, when a desire for privacy is considered suspect and appreciation of any work of art seems to depend on how much we know about the artist's personal life.

The latter, released in 2008, was a powerful indie-folk confessional that at times sounded like Blood on the Tracks colliding with Arab Strap.

Its somber eloquence sings of truths that are personal yet not confessional, making the time-honored distinction between a Classical and a Romantic sensibility difficult to apply.

Rather than making a specific reference to her heritage, Ms. Emin's work is introspective and at times confessional, concerned with a sense of self.

Although famously press-shy, he filled the next two and a half hours with lively and at times confessional talk — about his childhood, his career, his opinions on fashion.

Occasionally, there are some extraordinarily confessional moments like the time McGiffin began to recount a jokey anecdote about getting drunk, which turned into a cry for help as she confessed to being unable to control herself around alcohol.