trusting

Example Sentences

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It forbids therapists from insisting on spreading their personal views through confidential, sensitive conversations with trusting minors happening behind closed doors.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Humans’ trusting nature makes sense for social creatures who must cooperate with members of their own tribe to survive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"I'm trusting his judgement that he knows what he's doing," said Jane Sick, a 64-year-old Trump supporter, to AFP when reached by phone.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

This would require the bill to be stripped of the problematic provisions before it was passed, with MSPs trusting that Westminster would then reinsert them into the act.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

I just shook my head, not trusting myself to reply.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson