mistrustful

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Mistrustful of the pharmaceutical industry and convinced of the superiority of “natural” treatments, consumers spend billions a year on “herbal” and dietary supplements they perceive to be safer and more effective than other treatments.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2024

Mistrustful still of Jove, His heaven he shuns; as mindful of the flames From thence unjustly hurl'd.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Mistrustful as she usually was concerning the sentiments she was wont to arouse, there could be no uncertainty in this case.

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip

Mistrustful as he is of Government intervention, Mr. Goschen observes with satisfaction that the great majority of recent Government interventions in England have been undertaken for moral rather than economic ends.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

Mistrustful in dealing with others, violent and apparently overmastering from the vivacity with which he speaks and gesticulates, as soon as the bargain is fixed he will keep it faithfully to the very letter.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone