All 7 Uses of
incredulous
in
A Death in the Family
- Mary, whispering, "Excuse me, retired to the bathroom, affronted and humbled that one should have to obey such a call at such a time; she felt for a few moments as stupid and enslaved as a baby on its potty, and far more ungainly and vulgar; then, with her wet hands planted in the basin of cold water she stared incredulously into her numb, reflected face, which seemed hardly real to her until, with shame, she realized that at this of all moments she was mirror gazing.†
Chpt 8incredulously = with disbelief; or with difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- Hannah continued to look into her gentle and ever more incredulous and shining eyes; she found that she could not speak and that she was nodding, as curtly, and rapidly, almost as if she were palsied.†
Chpt 8incredulous = unbelieving; or having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- Instead, he watched her dim-sighted, enduring face as she gazed out once more across the room, and felt a moment of incredulous and amused pride in her immense and unbreakable courage, and of proud gratitude, regardless of and including all regret, to have had so many years with such a woman; but that was beyond utterance: and then once more he thought of his daughter and of what she had been through and now must face.†
Chpt 9
- This is crazy, he told himself incredulously.†
Chpt 13 *incredulously = with disbelief; or with difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- As he sang and danced he could hear through his own verses a few obscure, incredulous cackles, but nearly all of the faces which whirled past him, those of the older boys, were restrained, attentive and smiling, and this made up for the contempt he saw on the faces of the middle-sized boys; and when he had finished, and was catching his breath, these older boys would clap their hands in real approval, and say, "That's an awful pretty song, Rufus, where did you learn that song?†
Chpt 13incredulous = unbelieving; or having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- And again the croaking gurgle came, making shapes which were surely words but incomprehensible words, and she held him even more tightly by the shoulders, and looked at him even more keenly and incredulously with her giggling, all but hidden eyes, and smiled and smiled, and cocked her head to one side, and with sudden love he kissed her again.†
Chpt 13incredulously = with disbelief; or with difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- one of the boys mocked incredulously: "Drunk is fulla good ole whiskey; and he began to stagger about in circles with his knees weak and his head lolling.†
Chpt 16