mistrustful
Example Sentences
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The anti-Assad forces were splintered, mutually mistrustful and prone to looting; the areas they controlled descended into anarchy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
In no small part, Kirk helped fashion the world in which we now find ourselves: Divided, angry, mistrustful of our neighbors and their motives, and at the very least, increasingly violent in rhetoric.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
Growing mistrustful, Yeon-kyung said she and her mother began secretly recording conversations with Kwang-mo and Mr. Ha in 2022.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
All this means, by the time the allegations were made, Brand's subscribers included many who were mistrustful of the mainstream media and were happy to come to his defence.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
I listened, huddled in the darkness, tormented, mistrustful.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
