distrust

Example Sentences

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The agenda exposes the mutual dependence of the two rival superpowers, marked by distrust but driven by a quest for cooperation and stability.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Our Journal correspondent Yoko Kubota, who recently left the country after eight years, reflects on how a distrust of foreigners has come to permeate everyday life in China.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The back-and-forth fosters confusion but also distrust, she said: "It further perpetuates the myth of like, the sketchy abortion doctor in the back alley."

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

It becomes noisier, more error-prone, and easier to distrust.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

It was a strange thing that the patient had humour enough to see their distrust, for, coming close to me, he said in a whisper, all the while looking furtively at them:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker