distrustful

Example Sentences

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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

Hastily arranged burials of Ebola victims have been met with suspicion in a region already distrustful of the state.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

The people angered by and distrustful of Discord’s invasive verification methods are right to be.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

My distrustful and selfish brother was named as the executor of my late parents’ estate.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Harrison and I found it difficult to look at each other; we were upset and distrustful.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright