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
Canning appears engrossed in his own department, and certainly does not seem to place confidence in any of his colleagues but Liverpool.
From Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
Makes us place confidence in them, Mr Anderson, eh?”
From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Piffard, Harold
Sometimes, also, demons purposely deceive those who have the weakness to place confidence in them.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
