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
“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 hardest task was trusting my body could handle my baby, using each moment between contractions to enter a safe place in my memories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Shiloh’s stayed where he was, trusting me that where I put him was best.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
