mistrustfully
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The crib was still standing, but Jose Jr. eyed it mistrustfully and said he would probably buy a new one.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017
Despite Djuanda's fervent appeal for openhearted and brotherly discussion at last week's conference, the people in the shed eyed one another mistrustfully throughout.
From Time Magazine Archive
What way stations are then more obligatory than a protest, a consciousness-rais ing session, a TV talk show and a mistrustfully viewed "ladies' lunch"?
From Time Magazine Archive
After a time, I glanced up from the trance in which the tale had engaged me to find the men of my mess staring mistrustfully at me and at my book.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
He looked at his wet, black hair and the dark gray eyes which looked back mistrustfully from the mirror at him, looked at the marks on his coffee-colored skin.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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