trust
noun
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
was trusting
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past progressiveof trust.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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Her "only mistake" was trusting Hellmich, Campbell told the tribunal on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
That made it much more of an honor that someone was trusting us with a personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
“I think the mistake was trusting somebody who wasn’t entirely truthful,” Cutler told reporters last week.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Meier paints a harsh picture of incompetence within the D.A.’s sex crime unit and the New York City Police Department, but as for Morgenthau, his major mistake, in the author’s telling, was trusting them.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
The only thing my parents could be accused of was trusting me too much.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
