Example Sentences

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The commandant in Trondhiem has ever given me a name for trustiness.

From Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat by Ibsen, Henrik

"As I told you, sir," said my friend, "I will pledge myself for his trustiness and probity."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various

Did not that crafty villain Langston utter some sort of warning which I spurned, knowing the Bridgefield trustiness and good faith?

From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The very courage and trustiness of Fontenelle bore this stamp of discreet moderation.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert

In sooth my plan would call for a large share of it, but I want the old-fashioned trustiness and integrity.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie