How To Use Distrustful In A Sentence

  • Whilst I remain distrustful of Cameron on matters European, he will surely not want to start his Ministry by refusing the British people once more a comprehensive say on Europe, if only to try and settle the matter for a generation. The EU's Legal Discombobulation
  • `And you were annoyed about Mrs Booker because you were afraid our having her here might make Denis distrustful of you. MURDER MOVES IN
  • In terms of those who are "distrustful" about the port deal, the congressional majority has been just as vocal as the minority, including top GOP leaders like Bill Frist, Dennis Hastert, and Tom DeLay. Steve Benen: Bush's Indiscriminate Demagoguery
  • It is not in borrowers' interests for them to become worried and distrustful of their lender.
  • Kirsten said, peering at the cups distrustfully, ‘Darling, I'll try a bite first.’
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  • Only the north-west corner was a little place jutting out from the great wall, a kind of excrescence or loop, no doubt used in the old distrustful days for observation, where it was possible to sit really unseen, because between it and the house was a thick clump of daphne. The Enchanted April
  • Jonathan proceeded to give me a speech about how my distrustfulness seems to be a reoccurring theme. Horny Man and His Early Morning Phone Call
  • Anti-intellectuals often are distrustful of science and hostile to its practitioners.
  • Even people who are normally, and understandably, distrustful of cops should put their survival first.
  • They defended their villages fiercely, and remain deeply distrustful of the outside world.
  • In fact, he was so far ahead of the field that he had become distrustful of many standard textbooks.
  • There I became more egotistical, that is to say more depressed and more distrustful than ever. Indiana
  • The dog lifted his massive head and stared at Nicki distrustfully. The Half Life
  • I saw that under the mask of these half humorous innuendoes, this old seaman, as an insulated Quakerish Nantucketer, was full of his insular prejudices, and rather distrustful of all aliens, unless they hailed from Cape Cod or the Vineyard. Moby Dick; or the Whale
  • One internet site agrees, declaring the animals to be ‘noble and tame dogs with the family, but distrustful of strangers’.
  • The second most common criticism leveled against the rape arc is that Veronica's combative distrustfulness has gone from a winning personality quirk to downright annoying, and Buffy alumni can be forgiven for fearing that the show's heroine is being made into such an extreme version of herself that soon it will strain credulity that anyone would actually be willing to spend time with her. Archive 2006-11-01
  • He was incredibly distrustful of the wily-looking fox, and was very interested to hear his story - if ever he got the chance to.
  • Licinius became increasingly distrustful of him and suspicious of his own Christian subjects, whom he began to persecute.
  • In fact, he was so far ahead of the field that he had become distrustful of many standard textbooks.
  • But people in the Black Isle are distrustful of government scientific advice and remain unconvinced.
  • On the other hand, I'm automatically distrustful of any group of ruling parties that decides to ban another party.
  • Johnson smirked in a manner that's typical of a player who's cynical and distrustful of a new head coach.
  • They were city Arabs, agoraphobic in their outlook, 6comfortable in crowds amidst noise, and naturally distrustful of space. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
  • I never knew him change his mind in such a fashion," protested Gwion distrustfully. His Disposition
  • But people in the Black Isle are distrustful of government scientific advice and remain unconvinced.
  • If there was nothing else that his life had taught him, it was that being distrustful was the only way he could survive amidst endless hurts and pain.
  • He nudged another fifty-cent Kmart ball away from the pile and addressed it distrustfully. Cheeseburger Gothic » Small Pepsi challenge.
  • So before I go spouting off about bishops full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, I think I should give them time and stop being so all-fired distrustful.
  • She is distrustful of the men on the ship, calling them ‘a ludicrous parcel of galloping galoots.’
  • You write that troubled teens become jaded and often distrustful of adults and authority.
  • Such distrustfulness in Mitya, such lack of confidence even to him, to Alyosha — all this suddenly opened before Alyosha an unsuspected depth of hopeless grief and despair in the soul of his unhappy brother. The Brothers Karamazov
  • By '90, adherents numbered in the thousands, and a distrustful government began to clamp down, leveling accusations of tribalism against the movement and then banishing it.
  • Gerard raised his voice in uttering this, and the company received the paradox in dead silence, and with a distrustful air, like any other stranger, during which the Burgundian, who understood German but imperfectly, made Gerard Gallicize the discussion. The Cloister and the Hearth
  • One internet site agrees, declaring the animals to be ‘noble and tame dogs with the family, but distrustful of strangers’.
  • He felt his own distrustfulness and simultaneously the mistrustfulness of Jesus' entourage.
  • There is no hiding from the fact that society is distrustful of scientific research - especially research that involves reproduction or genetics.
  • As individual paranoia involves the ‘irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others,’ so too does news media thrive on the next big terror.
  • Only in the north-west corner was a little place jutting out from the great wall, a kind of excrescence or loop, no doubt used in the old distrustful days for observation, where it was possible to sit really unseen, because between it and the house was a thick clump of daphne. The Enchanted April
  • Beside her sat a yellow and wrinkled woman of forty-five, with a low neck, in a black headdress, with a toothless smile on her intently-preoccupied and empty face, and in the inner recesses of the box was visible an elderly man in a wide frock-coat and high cravat, with an expression of dull dignity and a kind of ingratiating distrustfulness in his little eyes, with dyed moustache and whiskers, a large meaningless forehead and wrinkled cheeks, by every sign a retired general. Chapter XII
  • Chad spent most of his time yawning and eyeing his brother's porridge distrustfully while eating his own cereal.
  • Voters are deeply distrustful of all politicians.
  • Most Scots, they say, are distrustful of the nuclear industry and would prefer to tackle climate change through windmills, tidal and solar power, and recycling.
  • Not the less, if Peter Prayfort be minded to sell the said poffle, it is at his own choice to say so; and, peradventure, he may meet with a purchaser: unless (gentle reader) the pleasing pourtraictures of Peter Pattieson, now given unto thee in particular, and unto the public in general, shall have lost their favour in thine eyes, whereof I am no way distrustful. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • Slightly less than a third said they were very distrustful of the software giant.
  • In today's world, someone who is cynical is said to be fault-finding and contemptuously distrustful of human motives. Russell Bishop: What We Need Are A Few Good Cynics
  • Not only was their empire a military despotism, it was also peculiarly distrustful of any form of self-help, much less self-government, on the part of its subjects.
  • But he still squinted out at the world from force of habit, and it made him seem distrustful and wary and hostile, looking for trouble. MAN AND WIFE
  • The extracorporeal free removal scan spyware buy tramadol of this relizing is unclear; although, it is distrustful that the laminae in encephalopathic nonradiolabeled ceresin could prevail desired with an synarel in the proceedure of plesant esas per a devestated zidovudine in some extreme patients. Wii-volution
  • The doctors are probably also now distrustful of the BMA.
  • I wrinkled my nose distrustfully because this was not how things worked. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
  • Many Chinese are distrustful of her success in the West and suspicious that she is playing a Japanese geisha in a big Hollywood film.
  • Equally, as a Governor-General above the political fray, he played a crucial role in persuading maharajahs and nawabs distrustful of the socialist Nehru to accept that they had no choice but to merge their domains into the Indian Union.
  • [T] he picture that this report paints is one of small, sectarian and chauvinist groupuscules, reproducing in this country the fissiparous and distrustful community loyalties of the subcontinent. Young British Muslims at the mercy of extremists because of out-of-touch Imams
  • You show a distrustfulness that is ... scarcely friendly. The Boat of a Million Years
  • Sections of the anti-abortion movement are extremely distrustful of politicians.
  • Then, going to the bag, her compressed lips twitching, her gray eyes piercing into its clasp with a kind of distrustful optimism, she lifted the pincers and tweaked it hard. Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works
  • Until Robin took me into his arms for the first time, I was half-convinced that I was not as other women, being so distrustful of passion as to deny it any part in my nature. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
  • Some of his best mates are journalists, but generally he is sceptical and distrustful of the media and never saw his role as a background briefer to reporters.
  • I'm distrustful of all these men who buy magazines about health and fashion.
  • I tested it distrustfully, and then finally shrugged to myself.
  • Moreover they stated that brands that did not protect their online identity made them feel "distrustful" (56\%), "disappointed" (17\%), "betrayed" (13\%), and Online Gambling News
  • Inherently distrustful of the situation and the number of witnesses privy to the scene, Ed finally rushed forward and grabbed his friend's arm, leading him towards the door.
  • I'm distrustful of such cheap goods.
  • They tend to be well informed and access data efficiently, they are mindful of special interests, distrustful of governments and disinclined to defer to the opinion of experts who they do not hold in any special awe.
  • She looked at him distrustfully, and he scowled at her.
  • Men were among us by hundreds whom the ceaseless distrustfulness of their governments had followed privately, by means of appointed agents, to our shores. The Woman in White
  • The latter and the Imperial Russian Musical Society were distrustful of the group of musicians known as the ‘Handful of Five’.
  • Too distrustful to delegate his responsibility to his ministers, he was too infirm of will to strike out and follow a consistent course for himself.
  • Not surprisingly, a series of brutal and murderous events left islanders deeply distrustful of outsiders.
  • Post workers were angry with management and distrustful of the union leadership.
  • Although he used to fraternize with other hotel residents, a series of bad experiences ultimately made him distrustful of the people nearby.
  • a man of distrustful nature
  • The survey found that Obama’s policies were partly to blame for a rise in distrustful, anti-government views. 4 Out of 5 Americans Distrust Washington According to Pew Poll | Impact Lab
  • A lonely man,… shy, distrustful, unsociable, irritable and brusque.
  • vigilant and distrustful superintendence
  • she looked at him distrustfully
  • He seemed to have obtained most complete sway over his master or patron, whose looks he watched, and whose steps he followed, with a kind of distrustful interest that puzzled me greatly. Curious, if True Strange Tales
  • The loss of a mate or a friend or a colleague through distrust is not a punishment for distrustfulness. Akoshia Yoba: It Takes One to Know One: Dancing With the Shadow Self
  • You know, ever since watching him on TV for the first time back in June, the Midterm Roundup has felt an eerie, sort of inexplicable sense of distrustfulness toward Tom Kean, Jr. Midterm Roundup
  • Some of his best mates are journalists, but generally he is sceptical and distrustful of the media and never saw his role as a background briefer to reporters.
  • My companions eyed me distrustfully, as if they sensed something different about me: a new detachment.
  • She was so distrustful that she was only prepared to report verbally on the program's content to the party presidium just one week before the presentation of the finished document.
  • This, in turn, had engendered a chronic distrustfulness, and his mind and character had become so warped that he was a very disagreeable man to deal with. THE MAN WITH THE GASH
  • Not surprisingly, a series of brutal and murderous events left islanders deeply distrustful of outsiders.
  • St. John seems very dissatisfied and distrustful of Jane's desire for sensual comfort and calm in household familiarities to come, and blood relations.
  • Our booked passenger showed in a moment that it was his name. The guard, the coachman, and the two other passengers eyed him distrustfully .
  • Johnson smirked in a manner that's typical of a player who's cynical and distrustful of a new head coach.
  • And even left wing Social Democrats were distrustful of the Communists.
  • my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally
  • Only Bayard stood back from the merrymaking, to the side of the brotherly chat, watching me closelyperhaps even a little distrustfully, though perhaps the distrust I saw in his face arose from my sense of my own misdeeds, from my fear of discovery. Virginity

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