adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
relationship
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Just as happy people create their own inclination towards further happiness, so trusting relationships create further trust.
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The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time.
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And that's what it's all about really: a loving, trusting relationship .
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Fiercer invertebrates which came to the moss jungles to prey on this grazing population, could not indulge in such trusting relationships .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Elderly people are often taken advantage of because they are too trusting .
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She had an innocent, trusting nature, and I worried about how she'd cope in the big city.
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Sometimes you're too trusting . You shouldn't lend money to anyone who says they need it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot of the characters in the play have very trusting natures, and this invariably leads to their downfall.
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Andrew sat close to her, immensely sad and trusting , as though she was his refuge.
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The atmosphere in the team is trusting and co-operative.
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Unless confidences are shared within a trusting team, problems often fester and subsequently explode.
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Unsuspecting, and being a decent, trusting sort of man, I foolishly agreed to tag along and help.