How to Use "Confidence" with Example Sentences

confidence (n): strong belief in your abilities or someone else's abilities; strong feeling of certainty or trust

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Used with adjectives:

"They have complete confidence in him."
(complete, full, total, absolute)

"Confidence is at an all-time high in the team."
(high, low)

"We have growing confidence in her abilities."
(growing, increased, increasing)

"He has great confidence in his children."
(great, tremendous)

"The win gave us added confidence."
(added, extra, renewed)

"He has a very strong inner confidence."
(inner, personal)

Used with verbs:

"She has very little confidence in herself."
(has)

"The talk was to build confidence in the team."
(build)

"He showed great confidence at the meeting."
(showed, demonstrated, displayed, projected)

"He lacks confidence in the social area."
(lacks)

"People are losing confidence in our government."
(be + losing)

"How can we gain her confidence again."
(gain, earn, get, win, restore)

"He betrayed our confidence."
(betrayed, broke, destroyed, shattered)

"I wish I could give you confidence."
(give)

"The affair shook her confidence in men."
(shook, weakened)

Used with prepositions:

"She has confidence about the new project."
(about)

"We have confidence in the president."
(in)

"There seems to be a lack of confidence among the team players."
(among, between)

"She gave her speech with confidence."
(with)

"She suffers from a lack of confidence."
(of)