distrustful
Example Sentences
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US President Donald Trump has been pushing for a security deal between Syria and Israel, but Israel remains distrustful of Syria's authorities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
“I was fundamentally distrustful of pretty much everyone who was reaching out,” said Parsons, who assumed that Hollywood producers didn’t understand the subcultural fascination with ominous “liminal spaces.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Everybody has felt heartbreak or confusion or duped or confused or distrustful of their own intuition and all of that stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
My distrustful and selfish brother was named as the executor of my late parents’ estate.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
I am a great ape, and you are a great ape, and so are chimpanzees and orangutans and bonobos, all of us distant and distrustful cousins.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
