Trustworthy

Examples

• He has a certain amount of information at hand which is, we will assume, reasonably trustworthy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I feel disposed to call him out, if I could only get a trustworthy second. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The timid little beauty promises in all earnestness to be trustworthy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The matron at the Reformatory had reported her to my lady as a sincerely penitent and thoroughly trustworthy girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• These statements are all well authenticated in many legends that are among the most trustworthy legends the good old Catholic monks preserve. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• No class of public-spirited and trustworthy men remained; no senate nor council shared and developed his schemes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Lord Worcester immediately paid a visit to the doctor, from whom he learned that the young woman was clean, honest and trustworthy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Critics are disposed to regard the gospel of St. Mark as being the most trustworthy account of the personality and actual words of Jesus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They hate shams and the watering of goods on a more trustworthy basis than the mere routine moralist. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I have no more of what they call character, my dear, than a canary-bird, but I know I am trustworthy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A trustworthy friend,' said Lizzie. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Thus another true friend and trustworthy adviser is lost to us--lost, I earnestly hope and trust, for a time only. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There was no further reason for them to wander; the crops and seasons were trustworthy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• His method of trial we will not relate here, but it led him to the belief that the Delphi Oracle was alone trustworthy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Charles, without money or trustworthy troops, had to summon a Parliament at last in 1640. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The temperature of the body is a trustworthy indicator of general physical condition; hence in all hospitals the temperature of patients is carefully taken at stated intervals. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• By this time to-morrow you will have a clear-headed, trustworthy man acting for your good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Had he betrayed injudicious emotion, perhaps obstinate persistence in silence would have been the result; but he looked calm, strong, trustworthy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If wealth and gain were the criterion, then the praise or blame of the lover of gain would surely be the most trustworthy? Plato. The Republic.
• He is a sensible man, and a trustworthy man, and a persevering man, and a pious man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• My uncle is to inquire for a trustworthy young lady from the country, as she don't like town girls. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The person of the house had attained that dignity while yet of very tender years indeed, through being the only trustworthy person IN the house. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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