Example Sentences

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“We have trusted Josh in our efforts to return native hands to work on native lands and unlock the incredible wealth nature has always provided Native people when we take the lead.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

“They have trusted us with their votes. Now we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work.”

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024

Cliff doesn’t trust that pitch — and the barely recognizable Harington shouldn’t have trusted in that horseshoe mustache — but desperation is desperation.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

He cited a sack where he fumbled in the second quarter last week, saying he should have trusted his internal clock and taken off, instead.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

She should have trusted me from the beginning, should have known that I wouldn’t have done it if I had been able to see another option at the time.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth