- present participle of trust.
trusting
Example Sentences
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Travel, she said, requires trusting yourself and trusting the journey.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
“We never dreamed anything like this would ever happen to us, turning people from trusting to everybody wanting to get alarm systems and security lights.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Junior candidates, she said, need to show hands-on capability earlier, including cloud and identity basics, AI fluency and the ability to validate automated outputs instead of simply trusting them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But trusting political candidates, she mused, can feel like a risk for voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
It had already gotten wet once, and while I couldn’t believe I was actually trusting her with it, I needed both hands free.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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