credulity
Example Sentences
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But the crash itself was not a secret… The idea that a news report transformed the situation into something uniquely dangerous stretches credulity.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 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
For all his acknowledged literary discernment, it is Cowley’s political credulity that has marked his reputation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
For some residents, though, that has stretched credulity.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
Estimo’s implication—that another body might have been substituted for Bobby’s and somehow placed in the grave—tested the credulity of many.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing credulity
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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