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
While I could place confidence in the one, I never suspected deceit in the other.'
From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Moodie, Susanna
The spontaneous tendency of the human mind is to place confidence in the indications of authorship, when there are any.
From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey
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
