mistrust
noun
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
had been mistrusting
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past perfect progressiveof mistrust.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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And he, a Frenchman born, a few hours before, had been mistrusting his country!
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
