I doubt it
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“Obviously I’ll take you. But you are overthinking it. If you want to make something, go for it. But I doubt it’s a requirement.”
From Literature
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“I doubt it,” he said back, which got me a little peeved, but at least he was looking straight at me now and all of his shame was gone.
From Literature
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“I’d like to think that this time is different…but I doubt it,” she said.
He suggested the board had acted "in the white heat of press excoriation" and concluded: "The lesson for detractors of the BBC is leak and launch. Will the departures of two of our most senior, respected and loved executives make the BBC stronger? Somehow, I doubt it very much."
From BBC
“I doubt it is plague. But I hope it is not the chicken pox.”
From Literature
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