not to be trusted
Example Sentences
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In Stewart’s view, what a jury was not to be trusted to do without the guidance given in the Georgia statute, they could now be entrusted to do.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Jurors may not remember every attack, but they could buy the defense’s overall contention that Cohen is not to be trusted.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
However, researchers say the criminals are not to be trusted.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023
“This will be an executive entirely stocked with people who are not to be trusted, or at least not to be trusted with delivering what the people on the street want,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2021
I know the long knives; they are not to be trusted.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
