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
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
People will place confidence in him, and he will borrow money to buy a goat, and there will be plenty in the home.
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
She could only place confidence in a Dutchman.
From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Avril, Paul