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Definition of Distrusts
1. distrust [v] - See also: distrust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distrusts
Literary usage of Distrusts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"Unused to qualify his own enthusiasm by political considerations Harrison he
Could not understand that a man might himself distrusts '-' Cromwell, ..."
2. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"Long interview with General Moreau. The first steam-boat on the Hudson River.
Convinced that war is imminent. Distrusts the Administration. ..."
3. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1898)
"Lewis—King to Morris—Monroe proposes to fill the Army by Conscription—Van Rensselaer
to King—Character of the War changed—Distrusts the proposed Hartford ..."
4. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"... could not entirely dispel the suspicious fears and distrusts which must ever
lurk in the mind of the miser against those he imagines wish to rob him. ..."
5. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... and forward bend The servile neck; each eye distrusts his friend; Fearful each
tongue to speak; each bosom cold: When colour'd with stern rage, ..."
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