entrust

Example Sentences

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"Companies House takes its responsibility to protect the data entrusted to us extremely seriously," King said.

From BBC

In his First Inaugural Address, George Washington said “the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty” is “finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Constitution entrusts Congress with the power to “declare war.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Just like every other Academy kid, someone who had been entrusted to the Academy by my parents from birth, I’d grown up not owning much.

From Literature

“A country entrusting lethal decisions to a system that doesn’t share its loyalties is taking a profound risk, even if that system is trying to be principled,” Claude added.

From Los Angeles Times