First she was suspicious, then she became confiding. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a confiding nature. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : She confides in no one but her husband. ,They confided in their own ability. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : He confided all his plans to her. ,She confided her jewelry to her sister. From Dictionary.com.
My husband tells me that working one on one with women makes a familiarity between a man and woman that often leads the women to begin confiding personal confidences. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Time To Reflect] Reference
Freddy disliked the idea of confiding family secrets to strangers. From Wordnik.com. [There was a King in Egypt] Reference
For one brief second Alessandro revolved in his mind the idea of confiding everything to her; only for a second, however. From Wordnik.com. [Ramona] Reference
Anyway, the idea of confiding in Mom was anathema to me – because I knew that she’d somehow use this information against me. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union] Reference
Having looked to our arms and said our prayers, we retired to rest, "confiding," Sir Moses observed, "in the protection of Heaven.". From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
I never for a moment imagined that you were interested in Reine, and you never have made me sufficiently at home to entertain the idea of confiding in you on that subject. ". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
By this time, Lewinsky was also confiding in her mother. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter's Secrets] Reference
'Too many surprises sprung upon a too-confiding public.'. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Chicken Little smiled again -- a confiding little smile. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
He was such a remarkably cheerful young man, and so confiding. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Leroque had been practising deception upon some confiding individual. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The credulous and confiding are ever the dupes of knaves and impostors. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
She felt some delicacy about entirely confiding in Bess on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
She had accordingly written to Denis Quirk, confiding the ill news to him. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
It's that pretty little confiding way, I think, and those lovely wistful eyes. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Refrain from confiding your deepest feelings to someone who won't cherish them. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Orloff MD: How to Deal With a Narcissist (VIDEO)] Reference
Madame Maitland, familiar and confiding for her old friend, as she called the Baron. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
We are not, as a race, social and confiding, like the French and Italians and Germans. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
There are many good young men, but not all are safe friends to an innocent, confiding young girl. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Then his gaze rested again on the young woman, clothed in her beauty, grace, and confiding repose. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She wanted a kind word or glance, but the innocent confiding look filled him with remorse and disgust. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Stanton, who was possibly wary of accusations of favoritism, responded by confiding his secret to Burke. From Wordnik.com. [A Case of Gender Blues] Reference
Sarah waited till the other three were a little ahead and then she slipped a confiding hand into Warren's. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
In all this ignorance they were like confiding grown-up children, patiently listening to every explanation. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
And she actually helped the confiding Shirley to start the long upward climb and followed close behind her. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
But he is frank and open, generous and confiding, honorable and honest, scorning anything mean and cowardly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
He speaks to Jerusalem, confiding in the strength of her situation upon rocks, surrounded with a deep valley. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
On the tapes recorded by Tripp, Monica talks of confiding in her mother about her relationship with the president. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton And The Intern] Reference
Catherine II. of Russia kept up a close correspondence with him; his expressions to her were confiding, even tender. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
We begin with Gretchen, fresh off her two sequential wins, confiding to camera that "the group is very caring and loving.". From Wordnik.com. [Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 3 "It's A Party"] Reference
Wonder, delight, and gratitude chased each other across the pleasant face, and the confiding little creature put up her rose-bud mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
What neither Jordan nor Clinton knew at the time was that Lewinsky was confiding in a friend and co-worker at the Pentagon, Linda Tripp. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret War] Reference
Musical, intelligent, confiding, his confident voice belies the fact that this is the first book from a former New York City schoolteacher. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Luck, Good Tales] Reference
The lawsuit says Spero was fired after having hip surgery and confiding to an executive that she was treated for a drug dependency relapse. From Wordnik.com. [Francesca Spero Sues Diddy For Age Bias] Reference
On Nov. 9 Washington was miraculously full of people confiding to each other that they always have been close to, and close to worshipful about, Newt. From Wordnik.com. [Elevating Newt, Depreciating Chesty And Other Won] Reference
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