trust
noun
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
have been trusting
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present perfect progressiveof trust.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“I feel like guys have been trusting him from the beginning,” Coffey said after Friday’s 24-point comeback in Philadelphia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
If the Fed has been a bullish coach, the markets have been trusting fans, continually believing that an increase is imminent, only to have their expectations dashed.
From Economist ● Dec. 10, 2015
The genealogy is here somewhat confused, but Leland appears to have been trusting to memory only.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers
I have been trusting Him ever since, and I feel I can trust Him now.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
You may find out that something you have been trusting is growing out of a poisonous root.
From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
