Example Sentences

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Disbelieving, he double- and triple-checked his math, but always wound up with the same result.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2017

Disbelieving Lewis’ account, Richardson went to King’s home to fact-check it, thinking it was a “gross exaggeration.”

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2016

Disbelieving a complainant’s account, questioning her role in the interaction, and not vindicating her claim also all came to be seen as potential re-victimizations.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014

Disbelieving townsfolk learned that Will H. Hill, circus man, had tethered his wintering elephants outside for a little airing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Disbelieving, yet alarmed, Murray, his wife, and a neighbour who happened to be at the selection at the time, set off in a spring-cart to the Three-mile.

From Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)