gullible

Example Sentences

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Or is it more like Freddy Krueger, coming back to haunt the gullible?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

"I was naive, foolish, and gullible to put any trust in Jeffrey Epstein," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The fundamental problem is that hopeful investors are too often gullible investors.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

Maybe I would have too — I’m really gullible.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

At least, that’s the way Onofre himself liked to tell the story when he had an audience of children and other gullible creatures who believed in werewolves, flibbertigibbets, and miracles.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols