Example Sentences

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Parents in Senegal have been entrusting their children to daaras for centuries, expecting them to receive food, shelter and teachings from the Koran in exchange for their work on communal farms during the harvest.

From Reuters • Apr. 15, 2010

“If we have,” said I severely, “the mistake is yours Master Jack; for, as you are very well aware, I have been entrusting the navigation of this ship to you.”

From A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story by Mays, D.L.