Entrusted

Examples

• The care of that defence and support is not entrusted to them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I performed the errand entrusted to me, and drew out the necessary report, on the fourth day from our arrival in Paris. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The cup was entrusted to her; for, if restless, she was also careful. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He entrusted to her keeping the treasures of his soul, his aspirations after excellence, and his plans for the improvement of mankind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• For Heaven's sake, let us examine sacredly whether there is any wrong entrusted to us to set right. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• For these reasons, they were considered unfit to be employed generally by soldiers, and they were entrusted only to select corps of rifle shooters. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Philip confided his policy to him, and entrusted him with commands and authority by the time he was sixteen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had formed his own opinion from the papers entrusted to him, and did not especially want to go into the matter with his senior partner. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Control of air pressure is never entrusted to any but the most reliable, competent and experienced man, as it is of the utmost importance that air pressure be maintained properly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I was sent for, and the case was entrusted to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In an inscription recording his irrigation work in Sumeria and Akkadia, he begins: When Anu and Bel entrusted me with the rule of Sumer and Akkad----. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Since I have been entrusted with Mr Boffin's affairs, I have necessarily come to understand the little mystery. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• On the love you once bore me, use the power entrusted to you without mercy and without delay against that man. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Above all I must guard those entrusted by nature and fate to my especial care. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She did not love him; she had called me her friend; she had smiled on me; to me she had entrusted her heart's dearest hope, the welfare of Adrian. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was happy, said Mr. Lorry, to be entrusted with the charge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• To this great man George's education was for some time entrusted. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Great powers beyond her spiritual functions had been entrusted to the church, and very extraordinary freedoms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Who do you think would have entrusted me with their secrets fifteen years ago? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He was very unfit, in my opinion, to perform the duty that had been entrusted to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• However this might be, the haughty Countess entrusted none with the secrets of her family-tuition. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Those to whom the king had entrusted me, observing how ill I was clad, ordered a tailor to come next morning, and take measure for a suit of clothes. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

Editor: Olaf