How to Use entrust in a Sentence

entrust

verb
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  • She was entrusted with the job of organizing the reception.
  • So the Kings weren’t about to entrust their offense to an undersized rookie gunner.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 June 2024
  • The idea that Michael is entrusting his beloved family to [Bobby].
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Seems as much of a Hail Mary as entrusting their team to a coach who has never previously coached.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
  • In return, they are entrusted with a flock to guide and protect and given the power of moral authority.
    — Megan Schrader, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • She has been entrusted with baking all the Bessemer restaurant's pies, cakes and cobblers ever since.
    — Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The habit of command was essential to those who would be entrusted with exerting and maintaining control in their slave society.
    — Drew Faust, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Or was this Trump being Trump in a realm the Constitution entrusts to him: diplomacy, with or without bullying.
    — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Carmon Windsor Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.
    — courant.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • A year ago, Mike Miller was apprehensive about a bitterly frigid start to a Weymouth tradition that he had been entrusted with carrying on.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Or to entrust the matter to a special counsel and a book agent?
    — Reginald Dwayne Betts Kiese Makeba Laymon Carina Del Valle Schorske Dessa Irina Aleksander Sam Dolnick Mark Binelli Maggie Jones Rob Hoerburger Jamie Lauren Keiles Devin Gordon Jazmine Hughes Jenna Wortham Jade Chang Taffy Brodesser-Akner Kaitlyn Greenidge Rowan Ricardo Phillips Michael Paterniti Wesley Morris Ismail Muhammad Anthony Giardina, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • In Katmai, there are bears who would entrust their cubs to his care.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Seth was nice enough to entrust me with writing that Star Wars episode.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But just the fact that [Jim Cameron] would entrust this role to me was so exciting.
    — Sara Austin, ELLE, 13 Oct. 2022
  • And God, thank you for entrusting Leigh and me as her parents.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • With Hasan out, USC has no choice but to entrust one of its two freshmen with the backup role.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • To entrust them to do hard things and make good decisions.
    — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • And who wouldn't entrust a Texan with finding the best way to cool down in 100-degree heat?
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 May 2021
  • Porter made sure to include the children in her big day, and entrusted them with holding the rings.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2023
  • He was even entrusted to call pitches from center field back in the day.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2024
  • My mom is the only one who's ever been entrusted to draw on my 13.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Remind us never to entrust our cars to Ghost Squadron, though.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 11 July 2020
  • Not everyone was ready to entrust him with leading the city.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Rojas picked up the tab, giving Pop the list with the order and entrusting Rogers with his credit card to make the purchase.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Nowhere else does the US entrust its nuclear power to the hands of a single person.
    — Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 17 Nov. 2020
  • In fact, the marque entrusted the design of both bikes to the same team that designed the hybrid Artura.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 May 2024
  • The airline touts the group experience as one that can help fliers feel less alone and more at ease with entrusting their lives to strangers.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • So, why do all of these celebrities and brands entrust their public-facing images to Lede?
    — Jessica Iredale, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • More than 4,000 acres of state land trust land that has been entrusted to Queen Creek is ripe for development.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
  • There are just eight noses in the cellars entrusted with this important task.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023

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