- present participle of distrust.
distrusting
Example Sentences
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You couldn’t get a better recipe for creating a sour, distrusting workplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all, envious" he wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
They’re initially suspicious and distrusting of each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
But distrusting the Fed and abandoning the dollar are completely different moves.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Like she was sad that her son seemed so angry, so distrusting.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
