mistrust
noun
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
was mistrusting
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past progressiveof mistrust.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As a result, Ada was mistrusting and suspicious.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
“No, Joseph; but I was mistrusting as they had made themselves up into images of something in t’ other place.”
From Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
It was mistrusting Providence; but human nature is weak.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells
