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Example Sentences

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In Stewart’s view, what a jury was not to be trusted to do without the guidance given in the Georgia statute, they could now be entrusted to do.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

But instead, she learned that their mother had entrusted them to an orphanage while the family dealt with financial difficulties.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

OpenAI’s board believed that “Altman’s role entrusted him with the future of humanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Realizing he’d be unable to direct his fictionalized childhood remembrance, he entrusted it to his mentee Akin, the firebrand behind modern German classics such as “Head-On” and “In the Fade.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Before they left, the man of the family entrusted my father with the key to their apartment, never doubting that he and his family would soon return to reclaim it.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson