credulous

Example Sentences

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This is going to seem a very precious and credulous question, but I’m going to ask it anyway.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

It goes to show there’s no limit to how credulous some people choose to be when given an opportunity to think something negative about Israel or Jews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

He was already benefitting from credulous coverage from mainstream news organizations repackaging his open hatred of medical science as "tough" on Big Pharma or "promoting" healthy diets, all of which is flat-out false.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

A credulous media exacerbated the hysteria with “an echo chamber of horrors,” in the words of Times media critic David Shaw, who eviscerated the pack-journalism coverage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

There was still some part of him, however, that was as credulous as the little kid who lent his new bike to a total stranger.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis