place confidence in
Example Sentences
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Sutton’s legal problems were known to some at Huntington, but colleagues continued to place confidence in him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2018
"Codeo advises all the presidential election contestants and their supporters as well as the general public to place confidence in the electoral commission's official presidential election results," it said.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2012
Nothing so much induces the men to place confidence in their officers as to show them that an interest is taken in their welfare.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
The people, therefore, had good reason to place confidence in Cleisthenes.
From The Athenian Constitution by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
Like all sufferers from incurable diseases she was only too ready to place confidence in any person who laid claim to special knowledge.
From The Tragic Bride by Young, Francis Brett
