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be credulous



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Perhaps you find her advocacy for guns in schools due to the ever-present grizzly threat to be credulous.

From The Guardian May 11, 2017

Of course, it may be credulous to take Roberts at his word.

From Slate Nov. 21, 2016

This being so, it is far safer, far better, to be credulous than critical.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

They were disposed to be credulous, and the majority yielding readily to the prevalent enthusiasm, proclaimed their belief in his truth, and promised their assistance to restore him to his own again.

From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous

He who believes in supernatural agency is the more likely to be credulous in regard to testimony advanced in its favor.

From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood




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