doubt
verb (used with object)
to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
are doubting
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present progressiveof doubt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some are now calling him the “cardboard ayatollah,” while some are doubting he is even alive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
"When it is really on the edge and people are doubting, you have to stand up," Arteta said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
"It is because he feels people in the club are doubting his ability to turn this around," said Balague.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
When you wrote an op-ed for CNN, you quoted this 2019 speech you gave where you basically said, “People are doubting our work, and I’m worried about it.”
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2024
But you must never doubt me, and I feel to-day, in spite of all we know about each other and all we have suffered, that you are doubting me now.
From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by John Oliver Hobbes
