intrusting
Example Sentences
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My father saw that, and reposed the greatest confidence in him in intrusting me to his care.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
They made a bold fight for Springfield, intrusting the management of the bill to Lincoln.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by William H. Herndon
He was still intrusting the servant with his message when Aurora, leaning over the railing of the hallway above, called down to him, “Come right upstairs!”
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
At noon she carried the dread missive home with her, gravely intrusting it to her Captain’s keeping.
From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Pauline Lester
"Thus, your highness, King James gives you a mark of the highest confidence in intrusting to you the defense of his rights and those of his young son."
From A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue
