INCREDULITY in a Sentence
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65 example sentences for INCREDULITY, such as:
1. Much attention and incredulity.
2. I am wholly incredulous of the truth of his story.
3. Louisa faintly uttered some word of incredulity and surprise.
4. But incredulity and indifference were evidently my strongest cards.
5. Carreen's round little face became pink, as pleasure struggled with incredulity.
2. I am wholly incredulous of the truth of his story.
3. Louisa faintly uttered some word of incredulity and surprise.
4. But incredulity and indifference were evidently my strongest cards.
5. Carreen's round little face became pink, as pleasure struggled with incredulity.
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Meanings and Examples of INCREDULITY
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incredulity
n. doubt about the truth of something
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1 Carreen's round little face became pink, as pleasure struggled with incredulity.
2 An odd look came over Charles' face, incredulity and shame struggling with love.
3 She raised an aching head, looked at him with startled incredulity and met the pleading eyes of Mammy, who stood behind Gerald's chair.
4 Miss Stepney, in the beginning, had not meant to bring up this point; but Mrs. Peniston had only her own incredulity to blame.
5 She read their incredulity in their averted looks, and in the mute wretchedness of the men behind them, and for a miserable half-second he thought she quivered on the brink of failure.
6 Much attention and incredulity.
7 Mrs. Shelby, being entirely ignorant of her husband's embarrassments, and knowing only the general kindliness of his temper, had been quite sincere in the entire incredulity with which she had met Eliza's suspicions.
8 Topsy gave the short, blunt laugh that was her common mode of expressing incredulity.
9 His face assumed an expression of incredulity as he gazed, and he passed his boney hand over his eyes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
10 Louisa faintly uttered some word of incredulity and surprise.
11 The gentleman, however, seeing perhaps the look of incredulity upon my face, opened a pocket-book and took out a note.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
12 But incredulity and indifference were evidently my strongest cards.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
Context Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
13 On my remarking that I was constantly in the habit of doing the same thing you expressed incredulity.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
14 I should not have intruded it upon your attention had you not shown some incredulity the other day.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
15 Even now, after this long interval, I find myself thrilling as I think of it, and feeling once more that sudden flood of joy, amazement, and incredulity which utterly submerged my mind.
Example Sentence:
1 In my experience, most of the incredulity is expressed by people who don't understand how evolution works and aren't acquainted with all evidence.
2 When Jack claimed he hadn't eaten the jelly doughnut, Jill took an incredulous look at his smeared face and laughed.
3 I am wholly incredulous of the truth of his story.