intrusting

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Frau von Lasberg, who was sniffing at her vinaigrette, looked dismayed; she had no idea of intrusting her precious health to this peasant doctor.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

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 Graydon, William Murray

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 Todd, David Peck

As a well-known critic remarked in Macmillan—"This volume is one more illustration of the folly of intrusting the composition of biography to persons who have only the wholly irrelevant claim of intimate friendship."

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick

Were Bluebeard to do me the honor of intrusting me with his keys, I should spend a pleasant half-hour speculating on his family affairs.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord