How to Use entrust in a Sentence

entrust

verb

• She was entrusted with the job of organizing the reception.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• There are just eight noses in the cellars entrusted with this important task.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• Ferry said the coaches had no qualms about entrusting the team’s leadership to Brown.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
• The Buccaneers don’t do full team stretching, and rather entrust every player to get ready on his own.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• Sherman was skeptical that the state would entrust a big project to an unproven startup.
  — Wired, 29 July 2022
• But that’s obviously not enough to entrust her with the fate of the U.S. Constitution.
  — The Editors, National Review, 25 Mar. 2022
• Anyone entrusting their sons to Rush Propst to learn character has already lost the script.
  — Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail], al, 29 Aug. 2023
• Around 1818, he was hired as a porter for the Bank of Washington, entrusted with carrying large sums of money.
  — Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2023
• Nearly a decade on, the car was entrusted to Joseph DeMeo and his team for further refinements.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 July 2023
• Oleg’s favorite moment each week came when his father got paid—Valeri would entrust the boy with a few kopecks and send him out on an errand.
  — Longreads, 2 Mar. 2022
• The design/build powerhouse, who sources finishes from around the country and the globe, has entrusted the pair with all her listings thus far.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
• By the time Gerald was in his 20s, his father entrusted him with all the day-to-day operations of the restaurant, from the cooking to managing the staff.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 23 Mar. 2023
• For our membership to entrust me as their leader is humbling.
  — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2021
• Those who argue that the PA must reform itself so that it can be entrusted with governing in Gaza are missing the point.
  — Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024