lose faith in

idiom

: to no longer believe that (someone or something) can be trusted
people who have lost faith in their government

Examples of lose faith in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And counting on the remaining employees to help is a lost cause: 77% of surviving employees lose faith in the company and stop being champions. Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 And yet the forces that have made people lose faith in the media also create an opportunity for brands like Fortune to become more valuable than ever. Diane Brady, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024 Customers lose faith in domestic products and stop buying them. J.j. Colao, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023 Wall Street seemed to lose faith in Owen’s leadership. Samantha Delouya, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023 An East Palestine, Ohio, resident accused Norfolk Southern and federal officials of abandoning her home after a toxic train derailment devastated the town earlier this year, leading her to lose faith in the government and her love of the country. Megan Myers, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023 Amid concerns that investors would lose faith in mutual funds, the SEC pledged a broad investigation. Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023 But there was so much chaos in the other races that citizens are likely to lose faith in democracy, Stearns warned. Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023 As long as America does not lose faith in its own project, the current international order can thrive for decades to come. Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023

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“Lose faith in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20faith%20in. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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