intrust

Example Sentences

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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

It is against all reason and right," says the learned justice, "for a people to intrust a legislature with such powers; and therefore it cannot be presumed that they have done it.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.

Reluctantly, Manlio felt that he could not do better than to intrust the care of his dear ones to this generous youth.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe

I like you: there is no one in the world to whom I would so readily intrust the happiness of Florence.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

If it is not deemed best to intrust me with the command even of my own army, I simply ask to be permitted to share their fate on the field of battle.”

From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.