be dubious
Example Sentences
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The critics had good reason to be dubious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022
“There is only one similar shirt in a museum collection,” Mr. Gorman said, “and I believe that to be dubious too.”
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021
But there are reasons to be dubious about how the journal's peer-review process worked in this case.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2021
I want to tell my partner, but I know his reaction will be dubious at best.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2020
Sometimes managers would be dubious and suggest some production more startling as a commencement, but I always had a deep and well-founded faith in Lucia.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise