Example Sentences

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One friend said Grace felt disbelieved throughout the court proceedings and "her soul just completely disappeared".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

The women were determined to speak up together, rather than be silenced and disbelieved, said another plaintiff, Cherryl Jackson-Williams.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Yet, 16 of the 17 people who reported brain fog in our study described feeling disbelieved.

From Scientific American • May 12, 2023

Over decades, it became a widely known, and widely disbelieved, tale in Inwood saloons and among Donohue’s fellow sandhogs, the urban miners who dig train and water tunnels deep in the city’s bedrock.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022

Gandalf, however, disbelieved Bilbo’s first story, as soon as he heard it, and he continued to be very curious about the ring.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien