distrusted

Example Sentences

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Greenspan was considered a “maestro” who read the economy by feel and distrusted mechanical rules.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

David embraced aristocratic country life and distrusted outsiders; Sydney enjoyed London, music and company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

After more than a decade of Nazi ascendance, the party and the barons who would bail them out still distrusted one another.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and writing about how such a reliable form of birth control can be so distrusted by many who use it.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

“I know the bull that charges and the serpent that stings” could only mean that she distrusted Americans, and that this mistrust had come from experience.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago