How to Use trust in a Sentence

trust

1 of 2 noun
  • His lies and deception shattered my trust in him.
  • He created a trust for his children.
  • She has no trust in the security of online banking.
  • Our relationship is founded on mutual love and trust.
  • The property will be held in trust until her 18th birthday.
  • For all its raunch, the book is very much a study of trust.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The next hearing in the trust saga is scheduled for May 16.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • And trust that Dion came out to support the pop icon—and then some.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2018
  • The union at one point asked the city for $50 million to set up such a trust.
    Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The lush grounds are covered in tanks and wells that the trust is restoring.
    The Economist, 13 July 2019
  • Of course, Koop worked hard to earn that level of trust.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2018
  • Trust is the bedrock of any agreement, but there is a deficit of trust right now.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.
    Matthew Lee, ajc, 7 Feb. 2021
  • The trust owns the land while tenants can rent or own the buildings on top.
    Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But, Davidson said, the problem may be lack of trust in the source.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2021
  • There’s a lot of trust-building, and that has to happen.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Buster did a great job handling him, and there’s a sense of trust there.
    John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 24 Dec. 2019
  • In the past five years, trust among both sides has fallen again.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Have faith that those who have earned your trust will come through for you.
    Magi Helena, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Test your sense of trust right out of the gate, and take your attraction to new heights.
    Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • This kind of trust — in the self, in the other — is not earned easily.
    Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • And so there was a lot of trust building that had to happen with sources.
    Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 19 July 2021
  • And what does business have to do to retain that trust?
    David Meyer, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2021
  • In the case of some street artists, that could mean working harder to build trust.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
  • It’s not just the players and the manager who’ve lost our trust.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 June 2021
  • Having lost all trust in Amy, George called the cops — and that’s when all hell breaks loose.
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The circle of trust that always seemed implied on the bridge is gone.
    Matt Miller, Esquire, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The producers’ job is to hang out with you, to gain your trust, to get your guard to come down.
    Rachel Lindsay, Vulture, 21 June 2021
  • That year, the Roberts’ trust gated the Loggers Trail easement.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The school paints these actions as a betrayal of trust.
    Sam Blum | Sblum@al.com, al.com, 19 July 2019
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trust

2 of 2 verb
  • You can't trust the rumors.
  • You should trust your instincts and do what you think is right.
  • I should never have trusted him.
  • Don't trust everything you read.
  • If you have a problem, tell your parent, teacher, or someone else you trust.
  • Working together is going to be difficult if you don't trust each other.
  • Their company is a trusted name in quality appliances.
  • The whiskey lover in your life will be thrilled—trust us.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The people who are close to you, the ones who trust you.
    Paul Gittings and Elinda Labropoulou, CNN, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Rather than run the ball, the Chiefs chose to trust Mahomes.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The rest of the world has learned to trust Brady over most anybody.
    Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Thomas: To listen more, to read more, and to trust more.
    Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2021
  • This is the time to believe and trust that love and light will win.
    Stella Kalinina, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
  • But trust me: a week in school (in the fall) will put a swift end to this habit!
    The Washington Post, 8 July 2020
  • There's still a lot of folks who don't trust it and don't want it.
    NBC News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • That was one of the challenges – to kind of trust that things would work out.
    Essence, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Sarah and Will had no trusted adults to turn to for help.
    Diane Horvath, SELF, 10 Mar. 2020
  • All of you trust the elections that -- and the systems to run them?
    CBS News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • So now these guys trust him, have faith in him, and play for him.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Lots more to say on this in due time, but trust me on this one.
    Sam Bahour, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
  • At some point, someone has to trust you and trust in you.
    Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Needs to stay in phase longer and trust his makeup speed.
    USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
  • They are told to trust the state of Alabama to do the right thing.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al.com, 19 July 2019
  • That's how the players learn to trust themselves as well.
    SI.com, 2 July 2018
  • Many of the players know him well, respect him and trust him.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022
  • Perkins saw that fear in her district's staff and asked them to trust her.
    Bianna Golodryga, CNN, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Don’t always trust the plant names on the big box store plants.
    Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 11 July 2018
  • My coaches, all of them trust me to take some tough shots.
    Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • So trusting people would be quite hard, and that seemed to be the key for me.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But the team at Dovecote pushed her to take risks and trust herself.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021

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