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Two of the most common symptoms of trauma are hyper-vigilance and distrustfulness.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2019

Their book-keeping consists of notches on the door-jamb, and their armour in the battle of life is a cast-iron distrustfulness.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham

It was her distrustfulness which had stood in the way.

From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur

Men were among us by hundreds whom the ceaseless distrustfulness of their governments had followed privately, by means of appointed agents, to our shores.

From The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie

Whether from innate distrustfulness, or presage of coming evil, the Duchess put off her journey till quite late, and only arrived there as night was coming on.

From The Tragedies of the Medici by Staley, Edgcumbe