credulous

Example Sentences

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Lea, though, is nothing if not credulous, and after jokingly ordering him not to murder her, she climbs in his truck next to him.

From New York Times

From the wastewaters of the internet, cryptic comments float up from an anonymous figure known only as Q. He’s thought, by the credulous, to have a high-level security clearance.

From New York Times

One of the whistleblowers, Josefin Sundin of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, says the journal appears to have been too credulous in running the correction.

From Science Magazine

The New York Times, which is usually overly credulous to Republican talking points, used similar language.

From Salon

The Post, being a right-wing rag, is totally credulous in the face of stories of parents who want to hire "deprogrammers" to fix their supposedly brainwashed kids.

From Salon