Example Sentences

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"But where are you bound for?" he asked with some mistrustfulness.

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

This mistrustfulness offended others of his friends, and, in particular, Munatius, the most intimate of them all, became almost irreconcilable.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

For my part, I hate all this mistrustfulness that's goin'.

From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Mitya drew back his hand, but at once blamed himself for his mistrustfulness.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

From his eyes a certain mistrustfulness looked forth,—not mistrustfulness of others, but of himself,—as if confidence in his own powers had received an overwhelming shock.

From The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories by Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison)