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
“I—I wish Lil would place confidence in me.”
From The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize by Morrison, Gertrude W.
"I believe," he then continued calmly, "that the father will be of my opinion, that in this unusual and extreme case we must try everything, and place confidence in most unusual means."
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
Christian!" retorted the renegade, "to show you that I place confidence in the magnitude of my service, I shall leave the reward entirely to your generosity,—and now listen.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de
