doubt

Example Sentences

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DOUBT: The Chargers head into the playoffs with only one healthy starter at linebacker.

From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2019

And as the whole chain of Appetites alternate, in the question of Good or Bad is called Deliberation; so the whole chain of Opinions alternate, in the question of True, or False is called DOUBT.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

Ay, do you hear that NO DOUBT, Colambre?—Grace, you see, has no doubt; nobody has any doubt but yourself, Colambre.'

From The Absentee by Edgeworth, Maria

It was not mere modesty, or timid gratitude, but DOUBT, as he read the signs.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell

I DOUBT, I doubt, my fire is out; My little wife isn't at home; I'll saddle my dog, and I'll bridle my cat, And I'll go fetch my little wife home.

From The Nursery Rhyme Book by Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie)