Example Sentences

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"There was definitely a bond of trust. Ellie was trusting her with her secrets and her worries," Lynn said.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

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

We know from the opening statements Holmes may blame Sunny Balwani, her co-defendant who is being tried separately; the defense suggested that her mistake was trusting him too much.

From The Verge • Nov. 19, 2021

Emily couldn’t believe Mr. Quisling was trusting the word of a man he didn’t even know over hers.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman