trustiness

Example Sentences

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The commandant in Trondhiem has ever given me a name for trustiness.

From Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat by Ibsen, Henrik

Wolsey had not time to answer before embarking, but as Sir Thomas had vouched for the messenger’s ability and trustiness, he had bidden Ambrose come into his barge, and receive his instructions. 

From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

In sooth my plan would call for a large share of it, but I want the old-fashioned trustiness and integrity.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

—And in the Resurrectio Pilate rewards the gaoler for his trustiness with the Cornish manors of 'Fekenal, Carvenow and Merthyn,' and promises the soldiers by the Sepulchre 'the plain of Dansotha and Barrow Heath.'

From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

This thing only somewhat urges us to peace, the good will of our kin departed; but no trustiness will those brethren show herein.

From The Story Of Frithiof The Bold 1875 by Morris, William