trust
noun
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
had been trusting
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past perfect progressiveof trust.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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Watching their opportunity, the two mill girls came out from the shadows of the high fence they had been trusting to shield them from the view of the scouts.
From The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. by Lilian Garis
He had been trusting to his own good principles, to his desire to do right; and he had been prepared to go forward and fight the battle of life, relying on his own strength.
From Janet McLaren The Faithful Nurse by William Henry Giles Kingston
He had been trusting the horse too much: it had evidently brought him astray far down in that suffocating gully,—the growth was different.
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by L. Rahey
His mother's hair was already grey, and she had two married daughters, one of whom had been trusting enough to make her a grandmother.
From December Love by Robert Smythe Hichens
The man, who was evidently a good swimmer, and had been trusting to this for escape, was striking out at a rapid rate for the shore.
From Twice Lost by C.J. Stanilard
