Sample Sentences for
incredulous
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    "I hope it's Four's landscape." "Why?" I ask. The question comes out too incredulous.  (source)
    incredulous = unbelieving (skeptical)
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    Hans couldn't resist an incredulous tone.  (source)
    incredulous = unbelieving
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    Then, still incredulous, he looked back at Judith.  (source)
    incredulous = having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
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    ...read it through looking increasingly incredulous.  (source)
    incredulous = like it was unbelievable
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    "But you accidentally turned your own daughter to gold," Piper remembered. "And you realized how greedy you'd been. So you repented." "Repented!" King Midas looked at Lit incredulously. "You see, son? You're away for a few thousand years, and the story gets twisted all around."  (source)
    incredulously = with disbelief or surprise
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    It didn't sound exactly right to me either, but for some reason, her incredulousness bothered me.  (source)
    incredulousness = disbelief
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    They traveled, spoke with wise men, performed miracles for the incredulous, and owned the Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life.  (source)
    incredulous = unbelieving
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    DANFORTH, pointing at Abigail, incredulously: This child would murder your wife?  (source)
    incredulously = with disbelief
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    As Cuaroc worked, and as they talked, Eragon continued to feel a sense of dazed incredulousness.†  (source)
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    Thomas stared, incredulous. "Alby, do you have a short-term memory problem? I risked my life to save you out in the Maze—you'd be dead if it wasn't for me!"  (source)
    incredulous = having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
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    He studied the announcement, shook his head incredulously and read on,  (source)
    incredulously = with difficulty accepting something so unexpected
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    Roran uttered a short laugh of relief, pride, and incredulousness as he gazed upon the object of their toils.†  (source)
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    They were twins, and the eye was shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication.  (source)
    incredulous = finding it hard to believe
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