intrusting

Example Sentences

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They made a bold fight for Springfield, intrusting the management of the bill to Lincoln.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.

He believes that, by intrusting the matter to a fellow countryman, he will get his boy back again.

From The Blue Lights A Detective Story by Kummer, Frederic Arnold

“But you can at least tell me who sent you here, Geordie?” said I, anxious for further information before intrusting myself to such erratic guidance.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various

He enjoined that the building should forthwith be destroyed, intrusting the task to the swift hands of Theophilus.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

But when Stewart asked for his bill, the proprietor, instead of intrusting it as usual to the headwaiter, presented it in person.

From The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade by Stevenson, Burton Egbert