Example Sentences

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“Since everything in a society functions better if high trust reduces all transaction costs, Scandinavian trustfulness is truly a Nordic gold.”

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

There's heart beneath his grit, a trustfulness and intelligence behind his sly grin.

From Salon • May 13, 2022

Based on previous studies, the authors hypothesize that lower levels of serotonin correlate with trustfulness and an increase to reject unfair offers, and hypothesize that serotonin mediates this sense of fairness.

From Scientific American • Mar. 19, 2012

So it was with considerable trustfulness that colleagues last week heard him explain a theory of treating cancer with heat.

From Time Magazine Archive

His eyes brimmed with trustfulness, and he lifted his near fore in a gesture of pawing.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White