incredulously
in a way that indicates or shows disbelief:He looked incredulously at the lime jello embedded with tuna and mini marshmallows and asked, "Do people actually eat that?"
to a degree that is very difficult to believe; incredibly: And then the defendant made a statement that was so incredulously stupid I had to laugh.
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How to use incredulously in a sentence
A panel of tobacco executives testifying one by one before Congress, incredulously, that nicotine is not addictive.
How To Host A Congressional Hearing That Actually, Like, Does Something | Kaleigh Rogers | June 9, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightKendall understands what’s driving this response, asking them incredulously if they’re going to let themselves be rattled by a box of doughnuts.
Succession turns a box of doughnuts into a stealthy statement about abuse | Emily VanDerWerff | October 25, 2021 | VoxShe stared at the doctor incredulously, then marched to a nearby storage hutch.
Foreign Masks, Fear and a Fake Certification: Staff at CSL Plasma Say Conditions at Donation Centers Aren’t Safe | by J. David McSwane | September 21, 2020 | ProPublicaYou made somebody go through 18 interviews,” Colbert demanded incredulously, “and then you rejected him?
Stephen Colbert Vs. ‘Schmidthead’: Google Chairman Faces Off With Comic Nemesis | Lloyd Grove | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“She was a woman who flew maybe five times a year,” he mumbled incredulously to the press.
I stated incredulously: You wanted a gun fight in your PLAYGROUND?
She adds, incredulously, “She was the maid, but David would have to drive her home in the middle of the night?!”
“There were protests in Europe, New York, and even Saudi Arabia,” she says incredulously.
Samira Ibrahim, ‘Virginity Test’ Victim, Fights Egypt’s Military Rule | Deena Adel | March 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen they were gone, Cynthia and Joyce turned and looked long and incredulously into each other's eyes.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanThe men stood around bug-eyed and stared incredulously—all but High-Pockets.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller LoomisJess bent over incredulously and saw a rude nest in the moss in which there were five eggs.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerI gazed at him incredulously, but he was working himself into a passion, and I did not choose to say what I thought.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. ChambersHe looked at me incredulously when I had finished my excited narrative, reached for my wrist, and shook his head.
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