How to Use distrustful in a Sentence

distrustful

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• Tough and prickly, with a rebel/punk sensibility, Thalia is fiercely loyal to her friends and distrustful of her father’s world.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
• Duterte’s war on drugs has claimed the lives of two of her sons and the loss has made Celiz deeply distrustful of the authorities.
  — Time, 15 Mar. 2021
• And Misty is not Simone, and so Misty comes from a place of being distrustful.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2018
• The two of them are, in the first act, tense and distrustful of each other’s worldviews and theories of art.
  — Two Kings, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2022
• This, in a nutshell, is why players are so distrustful of the media.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Those same Democrats are deeply distrustful of Trump and his handling of the coronavirus.
  — Rick Rouan, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2020
• His friend Jack Sturman (right) will vote for Labour but is distrustful of politicians.
  — Judith Vonberg, CNN, 30 May 2017
• But the droid Mando's been so distrustful of all this time becomes his savior.
  — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2019
• Yang began to understand why her mother was so deeply distrustful of the South and was instead drawn to the North.
  — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
• Some Black voters are distrustful of mail voting and plan to vote in person.
  — Rachel Glickhouse, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2020
• Some of his patients are distrustful of the government and may not want to get a shot from someone in uniform.
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2021
• Yet, he was still pushed out by Pack who was described to CBS as enigmatic, and distrustful of the agency.
  — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 18 June 2020
• Then there’s the challenge of getting people distrustful of the system to accept help.
  — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 Feb. 2018
• The slowdown in the mail this year, and the moves by the new postmaster general to cut expenses, have made many people distrustful of the mail.
  — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• In the first half, the disorganized and distrustful Cavs had just seven assists on 19 made shots.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2019
• In the eye of this distrustful hurricane is one human being who is the president for a while longer.
  — Star Tribune, 9 Dec. 2020
• And above all else, the male politicians around them are disrespectful and distrustful.
  — Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
• Kevon Barnes, 19, was one of five people who had planned to rob a drug dealer, only to become distrustful of each other.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2019
• Hannah looks back at her with old, sad eyes and an initially distrustful face.
  — Rena Gross, Billboard, 20 June 2018
• Most victims of far-right violence are deeply distrustful of the police.
  — Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021
• If the virus does indeed resurge and states need to shut down again, people may not comply, because they’ll be misinformed and distrustful.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 20 May 2020
• Because of this, many consumers have become wary and distrustful.
  — Marc Paulenich, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• With a boss who blew into Washington distrustful of the natives, Hicks is among the last of the original campaign staffers to remain by Trump's side.
  — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 22 Feb. 2018
• The agencies urged people not to like, discuss or share posts online from unknown or distrustful sources.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2022
• The agencies urged people not to like, discuss, or share posts online from unknown or distrustful sources.
  — Steven Lee Myers, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• But the lack of quorums is stirring concerns among tree advocates like Robb who, for years, have been disturbed and distrustful of the city’s treatment of its live oak trees.
  — al, 24 Aug. 2022
• Much of the Afghan public remains deeply distrustful, given the harshness of the Taliban’s last government.
  — New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
• Xi Jinping, long distrustful of the private sector, is moving assertively to bring it to heel.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
• Many Americans have been left wary or even distrustful of the CDC, which had previously been viewed as the premier public health agency in the world.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2022
• The woman said Rivera was distrustful of law enforcement after multiple stints in prison.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024