credulity

Example Sentences

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Monday morning headlines attempted to walk back the outlets’ earlier credulity.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2026

Our credulity would snap if Mescal’s Shakespeare was the slick talker that his early biographer John Aubrey described as “very good company, of a very redie and pleasant smoothe Witt.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Mr. Ryan’s mix of traditional plotting and modern obfuscation is undeniably entertaining, although it does eventually strain credulity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

It is, however, stretching credulity to believe that Yatai, which runs everything in Shwe Kokko, was unable to stop scammers coming in and out of the city.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Now he said to her, with utmost condescension, “Dear girl, your credulity is as vast as this desert. One might get lost in it and never again encounter fact or reason.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor