Example sentences for: confess

How can you use “confess” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But his sin is less his disloyalty in acknowledging a potential crime by his ex-patron than his failure to confess his own complicity in that crime.

  • (The trick works both ways: Actual miscreants confess to having created an appearance of impropriety, thus sidestepping the little matter of impropriety itself.)

  • This could be accomplished through various disputes, such as whether Clinton must confess to perjury before the grand jury (Republicans insist on it; Democrats warn that it may kill the deal) and whether he should be fined (many Republicans demand it; many Democrats say it's unfair or unconstitutional).

  • I confess to harboring some soft sentiments for Brown, though my West Coast friends have always said he's easier to admire from 3,000 miles away.

  • I confess: I favor a substantial federal income-tax break for the citizens of the District of Columbia.


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