Colum McCann

About 25 years ago, I took a bicycle across the United States. I soon found out that the greatest item of clothing was the trusty bandanna. There were dozens of uses for a bandanna - as a pot holder, a chain cleaner, a sun shield, a headband, a snot rag, a declaration of Kerouacian intent.

Irish Writer

Garrett Clayton

I'm a hot mess when it comes to any physical activity. My body just pours sweat. Not a lot of people know, but I always have my trusty inhaler with me. When I start to have even a little bit of an asthma attack, I just start dripping sweat. It's my body's emergency system.

American Actor

Ivanka Trump

I try to put out what I'm going to wear the night before. It just makes things a little bit more seamless in the mornings. There is definitely, you know, sort of a trusty work uniform - a chic, feminine dress that's easy and versatile.

American Businesswoman

Seth Shostak

This plucky NASA telescope is able to find planets en masse. If you compare planet hunting to prospecting for gold, then Kepler is equivalent to trading in your trusty pan for a diesel-powered sluice box.

American Scientist

James Hogg

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?

Scottish Poet

Arthur Conan Doyle

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

British Writer

Ben Jonson

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

English Poet

Indicates a fondness or sentimental value beyond being reliable.

Emotional Attachment

'Trusty' often implies a positive experience; it highlights good performance.

Positive Connotation

Used to describe objects, suggesting they're as reliable as a good friend.

Personal Reliability

Reflects a status within the prison, granted by authorities.

Prison Hierarchy

Highlighting the benefits that come with being a trusty.

Special Privileges

Underlines the extra responsibilities a trusty might have.

Responsibility Aspect

 but really it's mostly empty space with microscopic particles zipping around. There's nothing new here. Well, not exactly. It's like saying, I know that that blue icon on the desktop is not the reality of the computer, but if I pull out my trusty magnifying glass and look really closely,

Do we see reality as it...

 The Dormor Polling Agency sends you back out on the streets with your trusty coin. Only this time no one is comfortable admitting their supporting the troll is still shameful, and nobody wants to express support of a dragon who murdered his way into the race.

Can you solve the...

 I tried to tell them to go away. We had a bit of a battle of wills. I lost and got airlifted. Awful, really awful. It was one of the worst feelings of my life, as I was lifted up on that winch line into the helicopter and looked down at my trusty little boat

Roz Savage: Why I'm...

 and if it does start to swirl well then I have me trusty ash bag in here which is a sock and if you've seen the ash bag before it was merely a sock filled with ash and I already said there you can see the air is blowing well actually

Safari Live - Day 198 PIPE...

 before you'll be thrown back into the dungeon. You look around for anything else you can use, but there's nothing in the room - just the coins, the scale, and your trusty marker. How do you identify the counterfeit?

 because that is what love does. Now, moving forward, how do I manage today? The world is a much larger nursery. Fortunately, I have my trusty long cane, longer than the canes used by most blind people.

Daniel Kish: How I use...

 unless William could shoot an apple off his head. William succeeded, but let's imagine two variations on the tale. In the first variation, the lord hires a bandit to steal William's trusty crossbow,

What's the difference...

 the tree and took out my trusty Cutlass and I thought I won't grapple with the snake up in the tree oh I'll cut the branch down

Young Attenborough...

 but we're not done could my trusty assistant come onstage