CONFIDENT in a Sentence

Learn CONFIDENT 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.
310 example sentences for CONFIDENT, such as:
1. I feel confident that we will win.
2. I am confident he wants strength of purpose.
3. She sauntered onto the set, looking serenely confident.
4. We are confident in our expectation of a full recovery.
5. They were doubly confident after this that he would win.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CONFIDENT
confident
 a.  having or marked by confidence or assurance
 a.  persuaded of; very sure
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "The last one was the one I met you at," answered the girl, in an alert, confident voice.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
2  But, in spite of this outward show, the latter was almost convinced of the old man's knowledge, or, at least, his confident suspicion, with respect to his own interview with Hester Prynne.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
3  She recognised the whole of Lucy in the message, and was very confident that Edward would never come near them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47
4  I am confident that it took no distinctness of shape, and that it was the revival for a few minutes of the terror of childhood.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVIII
5  My aunt shook her head firmly, confident in the character and behaviour of the girl who never was born.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
6  I think I have made a start, said Mr. Dick, passing his hand among his grey hair, and casting anything but a confident look at his manuscript.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
7  He was rather a shallow sort of young gentleman, I thought, with a handsome face, a rapid utterance, and a confident, bold air.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
8  I am confident he wants strength of purpose.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSI...
9  And hearing that voice, he went into the corner where stood his two heavy dumbbells, and began brandishing them like a gymnast, trying to restore his confident temper.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 26
10  She spoke, and marveled at the confident, calm, and natural tone in which she was speaking, and the choice of the words she used.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 9
11  His eyes shone particularly brightly, and he felt in that confident, calm, and happy frame of mind which always came after he had thoroughly faced his position.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 20
12  It was strange to Darya Alexandrovna to hear how serenely confident he was of being right at his own table.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 22
13  Everyone tried to show brave, confident faces to the troops.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
14  She had made no reply to his suggestion that they should spend the afternoon together, but as her plan unfolded itself he felt fairly confident of being included in it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
15  But now she had grown more sensitive to criticism and less confident in her power of disarming it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
1  I am confident that everything will come out right in time.
2  When people put on uniforms, their attitude becomes more confident and their manner more officious.
3  The teacher wants the children to feel confident about asking questions when they don't understand.
4  I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new tart.
5  I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new start.
6  They were doubly confident after this that he would win.
7  I feel confident that we will win.
8  Be confident with yourself and stop worrying what other people think.
9  The awkward boy I knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man.
10  This does much to encourage a client to be confident of your ability and to cement relationships.
11  The firm's director is confident that the new project will act as a springboard for/to further contracts.
12  The government seems confident that environmental problems can be fixed.
13  We are confident in our expectation of a full recovery.
14  She sauntered onto the set, looking serenely confident.
15  Self - confident , ambitious and positive, Paula is a tough cookie who is bound to do well.