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
“Mr Harwood’s recommendation makes me place confidence in you, but I tell you frankly, I would rather know more about you than I do!”
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
