disbelieve

He said he believed the boy was genuinely concerned about the knife, and agreed he had "no reason to disbelieve him".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

Few of the now grown-up McMartin children have spoken publicly, but some have described the pressure to fabricate stories or disbelieve innocent memories in favor of traumatic ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

Many people do disbelieve the very first approach by a scammer or a con artist.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023

Mr. Johnston said, “You cannot disbelieve the resurrection based on the historical accounts that we have. It is so well attested.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

“I do not say that I disbelieve you, Monsieur,” said Poirot slowly.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Anyone who claims not to understand the concept of the poverty-to-prison pipeline or disbelieves the word of the wrongfully convicted cannot watch this show and still legitimately hold on to that illusion.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022

"Categorising the claims that have been made as 'distorted, and in many cases false' creates a company atmosphere that disbelieves victims," it reads.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2021

Categorizing the claims that have been made as “distorted, and in many cases false” creates a company atmosphere that disbelieves victims.

From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2021

It is a shame that Mr Davenport–Hines dismisses stories he disbelieves, about other moles, sexual foibles and bureaucratic mishaps, as “delusions”, “nasty inventions” and “silly fancies”.

From Economist ● Feb. 8, 2018

If a man disbelieves that King Arthur, or Romulus, or even Alexander the Great, or Julius Caesar ever existed, does it affect his welfare now or hereafter?

From The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules by Lionel Lisle

"We want to avoid situations where victims feel like they're maybe not being taken seriously, or heaven forbid, being disbelieved," says Cdr Southworth.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

The women were determined to speak up together, rather than be silenced and disbelieved, said another plaintiff, Cherryl Jackson-Williams.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

Yet, 16 of the 17 people who reported brain fog in our study described feeling disbelieved.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023

In every scene with Roman, he moves like a stray cat in pain, tightly wound with unresolved trauma, unable to be still and often, disbelieved despite being the smartest of his siblings.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2023

The bishop disbelieved it, for such stories always attend the fall of a kingdom.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The other disbelieving intellectuals continued to write and publish but seemed to make less news by their pronouncements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

As he danced across home plate into the arms of bouncing, disbelieving Dodgers Friday night, the magnitude of his accomplishment was evident in the condition of his uniform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2024

They look disbelieving but I walk with them to Plankinton and show them an address on a seemingly abandoned building and explain the numbering system again.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2024

There is a famous clip to be found on Youtube of a television reporter roaming the streets of Liverpool informing disbelieving fans that Bill Shankly had announced his retirement.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024

The men were still shocked, disbelieving, but Mrs. Coulter recovered her wits almost at once.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman