incredulity
Example Sentences
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Several survivors reached out to each other, sharing their incredulity at what had just unfolded, and began coordinating how they would respond.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Ms. Hughes plays Ruth with a combative defensiveness, and not a little contempt, as she listens with incredulity to Jay’s obvious ignorance of the Troubles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Ryan Tsui, whose brother and niece died in the sinking, previously said he followed the case with "incredulity" as he said witnesses dodged responsibility.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
As Dickens prophetically reminds us, ours is hardly the first age of wisdom and of foolishness, the first epoch of belief and of incredulity.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
Dustfinger looked first at Mo, then at Meggie with an expression of incredulity on his face.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Vocabulary lists containing incredulity
A Raisin in the Sun
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1984
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