disbelieving

Example Sentences

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Disbelieving, he double- and triple-checked his math, but always wound up with the same result.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2017

Disbelieving Lewis’ account, Richardson went to King’s home to fact-check it, thinking it was a “gross exaggeration.”

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2016

Disbelieving a complainant’s account, questioning her role in the interaction, and not vindicating her claim also all came to be seen as potential re-victimizations.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014

Disbelieving townsfolk learned that Will H. Hill, circus man, had tethered his wintering elephants outside for a little airing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Disbelieving in virtue they that mock the good and the pure saying, 'There is no virtue' undoubtedly meet with destruction.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 2 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan