distrustful

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Distrustful of political action when the play begins, the illiterate Pelagea becomes an accidental activist after volunteering to distribute leaflets calling for a strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

Distrustful of authority, the men become keyboard vigilantes who, egging each other on, grow convinced that Cotten faked his death and absconded with their money.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022

Distrustful of the tabloid press, Spencer called the BBC to find out more.

From BBC • May 20, 2021

Distrustful of his own mind, Johnson says now that he wasn’t just annoyed by his chatty friends.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2017

Distrustful but aggressive, he was a bundle of the weaknesses and virtues of a man struggling blindly between two societies, of a man living on the margin of a culture.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright