trustiness
Example Sentences
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—And in the Resurrectio Pilate rewards the gaoler for his trustiness with the Cornish manors of 'Fekenal, Carvenow and Merthyn,' and promises the soldiers by the Sepulchre 'the plain of Dansotha and Barrow Heath.'
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Our womankind are prone to a sort of helpless intimacy with those who serve them; the ladies had an instinctive perception of Lemuel's trustiness, and readily gave him their confidence and much of their history.
From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean
By reason of his trustiness he was often set over the husbandmen at Lunenkerc at the time of our exile, and also at home, that is, at Mount St. Agnes.
From The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes by Arthur, J. P.
Was it her hair, her untidy hair, or the honesty of her eyes, or the strength and trustiness of her mouth?
From The Captives by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
The commandant in Trondhiem has ever given me a name for trustiness.
From Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat by Ibsen, Henrik
