Explore Entrust through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pass or give. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Entrust in a sentence
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Entrust meaning
To trust to the care of.
Using Entrust
- The main meaning on this page is: To trust to the care of.
- Useful related words include: pass, give, turn over, pass on.
- In the example corpus, entrust often appears in combinations such as: to entrust, entrust the, entrust his.
Context around Entrust
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 14 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Entrust
- In this selection, "entrust" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, either, voters, cannot, everything and responsibilities stand out and add context to how "entrust" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ash to entrust him with and better to entrust with our. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "entrust" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with entrust
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Who better to entrust with our national security than a Bond villain. (12 words)
The First Amendment does not entrust that power to the government’s benevolence. (13 words)
The decision to entrust his collection to the Sarawak Museum was entirely voluntary, with no prompt from the institution. (19 words)
Endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those who in Thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. (45 words)
News outlets that covered the rally dug out golden oldies from 2016- the times Cruz called the future president a "sniveling coward" or a "narcissist" or too volatile to entrust with the nuclear codes, and refused to endorse him at the GOP convention. (43 words)
In each election, voters entrust their neighbors who volunteer as poll workers to tally election results, and that trust is as well-placed this year as in years past, no matter what Trump says, Ridge said. (36 words)
So do we want to entrust the world’s collective film and television history in the blood, sweat and tears of filmmakers to this environment and these gatekeepers? (28 words)
But that’s not really good enough, is it, for the people we entrust with deciding right and wrong? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
An alarming number of people put too much stake in the fortune-telling from strangers to either entrust everything to fate, or to justify their deepest desires.
He lived a life of service and growth, with a mindset that was confident to entrust responsibilities to anyone he saw a glimpse of excellence in.
So do we want to entrust the world’s collective film and television history in the blood, sweat and tears of filmmakers to this environment and these gatekeepers?
The decision to entrust his collection to the Sarawak Museum was entirely voluntary, with no prompt from the institution.
The First Amendment does not entrust that power to the government’s benevolence.
Whether employees work remotely or on-site, also have the power to monitor the proper execution of the tasks they entrust to their employees.
But that’s not really good enough, is it, for the people we entrust with deciding right and wrong?
In this episode, Professor Oak met with Ash to entrust him with the mission to travel to Valencia Island, where a colleague of his, Professor Ivy, had kept the GS Ball.
That way, citizens will be able to elect leaders of their choice who they will entrust with the legitimacy to deliver good governance, peace and prosperity.
With that support the council can then entrust the running of it to a financially robust company, with healthy accounts, to ensure that it is successful and befitting of Scotland’s capital city.
In each election, voters entrust their neighbors who volunteer as poll workers to tally election results, and that trust is as well-placed this year as in years past, no matter what Trump says, Ridge said.
Edward Abbey: Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.
In order to find a dress to fit, Joseph had to entrust his secret to Fisayo’s mother, who gave us her measurements.
Endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those who in Thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth.
For handling the bathroom renovation project, you need not look for builders and contractors but can entrust the task to some plumbing company that undertakes bathroom remodeling projects in addition to the regular plumbing jobs.
He also urged Ortom to entrust his fate in God’s hands so that the creator would always resolve challenges in the governor’s favour.
It prefers that "the community" self-police and, to that end, will entrust "the community" with rating news sources.
News outlets that covered the rally dug out golden oldies from 2016- the times Cruz called the future president a "sniveling coward" or a "narcissist" or too volatile to entrust with the nuclear codes, and refused to endorse him at the GOP convention.
Who better to entrust with our national security than a Bond villain.
A common procedure was for a merchant to entrust his goods or money to a traveling agent, who sought a market for his goods.
Common combinations with entrust
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to entrust 18×
- entrust the 8×
- entrust his 4×
- entrust to 4×
- entrust with 4×
- entrust him 3×
- not entrust 2×
- we entrust 2×
- will entrust 2×