CONFESSION in a Sentence

Learn CONFESSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

226 example sentences for CONFESSION, such as:

1. A fault confessed is half redressed.
2. Open confession is good for the soul.
3. They forced him to sign a confession.
4. He made a complete voluntary confession.
5. His confessions were made under torture.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONFESSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
confession
 n.  public declaration of faith
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
2  Go then, and first read the narrative which Lanyon warned me he was to place in your hands; and if you care to hear more, turn to the confession of.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
3  The creature who crept into my house that night was, on Jekyll's own confession, known by the name of Hyde and hunted for in every corner of the land as the murderer of Carew.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
4  For two good reasons, I will not enter deeply into this scientific branch of my confession.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
5  Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
6  Then I could produce your confession at the last extremity to save young McCarthy.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
7  I will keep your confession, and if McCarthy is condemned I shall be forced to use it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
8  One Murphy, a gipsy horse-dealer, was on the moor at no great distance at the time, but he appears by his own confession to have been the worse for drink.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
9  Never, certainly, have I seen a plainer confession of guilt upon human countenances.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
10  The instant that he heard of it he made a complete confession to me, so filled was he with horror and remorse.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
11  He made a complete voluntary confession.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
12  Yes, we were all arrested upon his confession.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
13  You'll be more likely to get a confession out of him alone.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
14  Tell him that a full confession is his only chance of forgiveness.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
15  But that again would mean a confession of the past.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  The court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.
2  Open confession is good for the soul.
3  He made a false confession which he later retracted.
4  They forced him to sign a confession.
5  Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead.
6  He tried to expiate his crimes by a full confession to the authorities.
7  Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of an Iranian man detained for spying for the CIA.
8  I cannot flatter myself that I am better than he: I am forced to confess that he and I are on a level.
9  I confess I began to feel a little drowsy, which is not too surprising considering our five days of hard work.
10  She needed to confess her sins and ask for forgiveness.
11  A fault confessed is half redressed.
12  The minister confessed to having experimented with cannabis in her youth.
13  He confessed to the murder but later retracted his statement.
14  Amrozi naively admitted his role in the attack, they said, but the law needs more than confessions, it needs evidence.
15  His confessions were made under torture.