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

He distrusted law enforcement and didn’t want to be an informant, he said.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

It was Sir Alf Ramsey who said he "distrusted a genius who didn't possess a sweat on his brow".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024

He was so distrusted by Mayor Ed Koch in the 1980s that one of the mayor’s deputies, Alair Townsend, famously quipped, “I wouldn’t believe Donald Trump if his tongue were notarized.”

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

The truth is that Hevelius was simply too set in his ways to change and distrusted the new-fangled methods.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin