Sentence examples for rather than confess from inspiring English sources

Rather than confess, Mr. Bulger compounded the lie.

Rather than confess to a middle-class background, he inflated his folkie bona fides: oh, he'd run away from home more or less annually from the age of ten; he'd performed in carnivals; he had no mother, no father, and worked as a Times Square hustler.

Sutyagin willingly accepted the long sentence imposed six years ago rather than confess to what he insisted was a false charge.

Mr. Sotto forcefully denied responsibility rather than confessing and offering an apology.

People often answer questionnaires by giving idealized pictures of their habits rather than confessing their real weaknesses and needs.

Which could of course just mean shouting at someone rather than confessing a secret, so it's not such a bold forecast about the combustible editor's weekend as it superficially seems to be.

But Mr Chung did more than confess.

The pious Adso, writing his story as an old man, would rather confess to a heterosexual (but orthodox) indiscretion than a homosexual (and heretical) one.

Loneliness is like debt -- almost everyone has it, but, we would rather confess to having an affair or stealing than admit it.

He had more than confessed.

America is a country that has such contempt for the elderly that most American women today over 35 would rather be waterboarded than ever confess their age.