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5 total sentences available.
At this point not only have I still not had a girlfriend, but I also have lost interest in trying, thanks to my brother's nasty bitch that drove him to suicide... So yeah, I'm more distrusting of relationships now. I won't refuse them, but I honestly don't think I'll even try for a while.
Source: tatoeba (4251099)
But the answer is not to turn inward, to retreat into competing factions, distrusting those who don’t look like you do, or worship the way you do, or don’t get their news from the same sources you do.
Source: tatoeba (12115298)
To the contrary, compared to the Pew Research Center respondents who either worked for government or lived in a household with someone who did, those who worked for nongovernmental employers under contracts and grants were usually the most distrusting of all.
Source: wiktionary
Her small stature and quiet nature enables her to slip in and out of places unnoticed... her gentle character allows her to deceive even the most distrusting of men with merely a blink of her wide eyes and an innocent smile.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include cautious, cynical, distrustful, doubt, mistrust.
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