distrusted

Example Sentences

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David embraced aristocratic country life and distrusted outsiders; Sydney enjoyed London, music and company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Frost told the high court she distrusted friends at the time but now "100%" believes that stories about her were obtained by hacking her voicemails.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

After more than a decade of Nazi ascendance, the party and the barons who would bail them out still distrusted one another.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and writing about how such a reliable form of birth control can be so distrusted by many who use it.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

Others distrusted Jews who lived apart, speaking Yiddish—which was the traditional language spoken by Eastern European Jews— and following ancient customs of dress, culture, and education.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren