be dubious
Example Sentences
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That led him to be dubious of some depictions of a more polished Jamestown with smooth-cut planks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
The critics had good reason to be dubious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2022
They were right to be dubious: Over the last few years, Ms. Nuckolls kept noticing inaccurate payment counts when she checked on her status.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
But there are reasons to be dubious about how the journal's peer-review process worked in this case.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2021
Baker had shrewdness enough to see that immense capital would be required, that the Sultan would give endless trouble, and that the coal, when won, might prove to be dubious in quality.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick
