disbelieving

Example Sentences

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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

Frazzled housewives were a specialty: She was Richard Dreyfuss’ alarmed spouse in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” John Denver’s disbelieving wife in “Oh, God!” and a workaholic mother opposite Michael Keaton in “Mr. Mom.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 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

“He’s way better,” UW co-defensive coordinator Chuck Morrell said with a disbelieving laugh.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Hagrid raised his bushy eyebrows at the disbelieving expressions on their faces.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling