place confidence in
Example Sentences
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Sutton’s legal problems were known to some at Huntington, but colleagues continued to place confidence in him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2018
"Codeo advises all the presidential election contestants and their supporters as well as the general public to place confidence in the electoral commission's official presidential election results," it said.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2012
Despite his first prejudice in his favour he began to wonder whether after all it were wise to place confidence in him.
From Grit Lawless by Young, F.E. Mills
Sometimes, also, demons purposely deceive those who have the weakness to place confidence in them.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
Do you place confidence in the opinion of such a man as Prospero, and do you feel that he is not unnecessarily severe?
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
