distrustful

Example Sentences

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Ms. McGarr, who teaches at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is often acerbic about her subjects but notes that they were “awash in patriotic fervor at the same time that they were distrustful and cynical.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“People are seeing what happened in Ohio, and they are distrustful of the government response,’’ Judson said.

From Washington Times

Or, as in conflicts like World War I, mutual miscommunication that sent distrustful states bumbling into conflict?

From New York Times

And they paid extra for foreign-made baby formula, still distrustful of domestic brands after a tainted formula scandal in 2008 sickened thousands of babies in China.

From New York Times

While the country’s Russian-speaking populations have sometimes favored political ties with Moscow over those with the West, the country’s politics have reflected this, and those groups have grown sharply distrustful of Russia since 2014.

From New York Times