Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

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

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

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

Robert slouches against the fender of his Packard automobile, his shapeless dark jacket covered with dust, his hair an unkempt mop, his eyes glaring mistrustfully at the lens from under hooded brows.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik