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intrust

[in-truhst] / ɪnˈtrʌst /


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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

At last, though he would not intrust me with his materials, he permitted me to work with my own; promising that, if my baubles pleased him, he would purchase them.

From Discipline by Mary Brunton

"If you will intrust me with the key of your valise, I will bring them over with me to-morrow."

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Reluctantly, Manlio felt that he could not do better than to intrust the care of his dear ones to this generous youth.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi

From the heart of the Sierra, where I once more hear the awful heart-throbs of Nature, I now intrust the first reception of these lessons entirely to my own country.

From Songs of the Mexican Seas by Joaquin Miller

As John Marshall was later to say of this new Constitution, “The sword and the purse, all the external relations, and no inconsiderable portion of the industry of the nation are intrusted to its Government.”

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2012

Three men, namely M. Kaganovitch, known as Stalin's right hand, Jarovski, and Enukidze, secretary of the central executive committee, were intrusted with carrying out this scheme.

From Time Magazine Archive

The part was intrusted to one Horace Braham.

From Time Magazine Archive

Recently Hearst Sr. intrusted Hearst Jr. with a long-distance errand.

From Time Magazine Archive

To insure this, Rhea intrusted her babe to the tender care of the Melian nymphs, who bore him off to a cave on Mount Ida.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber

The intrusting of so many great fortunes to women shows an increasing confidence in their judgment of social needs.

From Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency by Ellen H. Richards

At noon she carried the dread missive home with her, gravely intrusting it to her Captain’s keeping.

From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Pauline Lester

Imagine present-day Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty intrusting a ship of the British navy to civilian command.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Peck Todd

When the understanding fully masters a thing before intrusting it to the memory, what it afterward draws therefrom is in reality its own.

From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Jules Steeg

Your gallant record justifies us in intrusting the papers to your care.

From Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa by William Murray Graydon


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