trusty

Example Sentences

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My trusty travel agent stepped in and tried to get me a credit for what I’d overpaid, but she said the cruise line wouldn’t budge beyond about $200 — far below what I expected.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Iryna Terekh, the company’s 33-year-old technical director, compares their reliability to that of the Kalashnikov, a trusty rifle lauded for its ruggedness and simplicity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Lotus Two Slice Toaster – My trusty $20 toaster recently gave up the ghost, and I didn’t realize how much I’d been settling until I dropped a bagel into the Lotus two-slice.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025

Only, he didn’t know how to use it and promptly slid it aside in favor of his trusty spiral notebooks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

But I was confident that they would soon tire of him and come back to trusty ol’ Harold.

From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe