untrusting

Example Sentences

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It’s just more about her ethos and why she is like she is, why she’s so untrusting, why she’s short with people, doesn’t want to get close with anyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

It might sound untrusting, but it’s usually in your best interest to keep most of your financial assets separate.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023

"When they arrived, they were very meek and docile and untrusting of the world and of others," Mr Bermido Jr says.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2022

It feels like if I don’t follow through, I’m being selfish or untrusting of this friend, and they will probably stop talking to me/having anything to do with us as a family.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2022

He too felt the specter of the waiting unknown, though his hopes and fears were nearly opposite; and he became once more the untrusting hill-man.

From The Mantooth by Leadem, Christopher