לדלג לתוכן הראשי

noun

intimate

CEFR B2

someone to whom private matters are confided

In a sentence

Six example sentences with intimate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Only one intimate of the aging star knew where she had hidden the letters, and he never spoke to reporters.

    Movies

  • Every letter he burned had gone to a single intimate, the friend who heard his doubts before any student did.

    Philosophy

  • The portraitist worked only with intimates, which is why her subjects sit unguarded and look straight past the lens.

    Photography

  • Only one intimate of the queen recorded her private remarks, and his diary was sealed for a century.

    History

  • The letters to an intimate reveal a poet far funnier than the solemn figure of the biographies.

    Literature

  • The senator's intimate from law school was the only person allowed to tell him a speech had failed.

    Politics

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