- past perfect progressive of trust.
Example Sentences
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On turning their faces towards what they believed to be the land, there was no land in sight, neither sand-hills nor shore, nor even the narrow tongue upon whose tip they had been trusting themselves!
From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne
They now remembered the circumstance; though not to their satisfaction; for they saw at once that the guide in which they had been trusting could no longer avail them.
From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne
For a long time her work had seemed to suffice, but she felt now that she had been trusting to a broken reed.
From The Daughters of Danaus by Caird, Mona
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 Garis, Lilian
How unsuspicious and happy the girl had been, trusting him utterly, while behind her back he manipulated the diamond—the useful diamond—he always carried for such purposes!
From The Second Latchkey by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
