disbelieve

Example Sentences

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"That you can drop a person in the sea with a life jacket in a war zone was something people automatically chose to disbelieve," Mr Gonsalves said.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 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

“All I ask, all I ask, is some small minimum of trust, just a little bit of sympathy for all I am trying to do, and instead you disbelieve, you scoff, you mock and jeer.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson