- present participle of trust.
trusting
Example Sentences
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Her "only mistake" was trusting Hellmich, Campbell told the tribunal on Tuesday.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
The game belongs to the ones playing in the rain, for nothing—running into open space, trusting they’ll be found.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
I get what she’s doing here: Part of motherhood is trusting that if you do it right, your child will have no problem leaving the nest.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
It hallucinated citations and got facts wrong, and you risked looking like a fool in front of a professor for trusting it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
He wondered if everyone was as trusting as his parents.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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