distrust

Example Sentences

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Aqqaluk Lynge, author and former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, says there is "so much distrust now".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

His eight months as ambassador have been marked by a series of crises that have fostered growing distrust of America among many Europeans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

There’s also a distrust that anything agreed upon at the summit will stick.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

It becomes noisier, more error-prone, and easier to distrust.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

It was a strange thing that the patient had humour enough to see their distrust, for, coming close to me, he said in a whisper, all the while looking furtively at them:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker