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

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

If the campus distrusted Dr. Shafik two months ago, the relationship is now approaching estrangement.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Less de- fensibly, the nuns distrusted intellectual challenges to authority.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez