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
Like all sufferers from incurable diseases she was only too ready to place confidence in any person who laid claim to special knowledge.
From The Tragic Bride by Young, Francis Brett
The people, therefore, had good reason to place confidence in Cleisthenes.
From The Athenian Constitution by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
Christian!" retorted the renegade, "to show you that I place confidence in the magnitude of my service, I shall leave the reward entirely to your generosity,—and now listen.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de
