The phrase "an expression of distrust" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing feelings or attitudes that indicate a lack of trust towards someone or something.
Example: "Her refusal to share information was seen as an expression of distrust towards her colleagues."
Alternatives: "a sign of mistrust" or "a demonstration of skepticism."
The comments, by legislators who specialize in intelligence matters and military affairs, were just the latest expression of distrust between Washington and Islamabad after a series of bruising episodes, notably the secret American raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Mark Wahlberg, his face unfortunately set in that habitual slack-mouthed expression of distrust and discontent, is Captain Leo Davidson, a hunky USAF space pilot.
But you could also read it as an expression of the Hunger Games's deep ambivalence around, and distrust of, the feminine.
Perhaps only in an age that distrusts the notion of genius could we wind up with a life of van Gogh that treats his iconoclasm as an expression of anger-management issues.
The Atlantic felt that Jackson showed "obvious expressions of distrust" in the song and that the song was one of multiple songs where Jackson's "persistent loneliness in his music" was "prominent".
Dad's failure to work with a financial adviser and to leave a solid paper trail just might be a final expression of his furtiveness and distrust, nurtured by years of being an American Communist in the midst of red-baiters.
Still, an air of distrust surrounds the U.S. cloud industry.
He said insisting on a vote before the next Congress "creates an air of distrust".
Uncertainty about how decisions were reached undermines these decisions and builds an environment of distrust.
There's a straight line between catchy, contemporary expressions of the distrust of women and these guys, who shaped the Judeo-Christian canon, and who continue to shape children's imaginations.
