Example Sentences

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‘Thank you for coming,’” she said, her tone implying incredulousness that, besides Sanders, other Democrats with national platforms hadn’t deigned to visit.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2018

With Schmetzer, now the Sounders’ interim coach, unbeaten in three games since taking over for Sigi Schmid, it’s possible to hear her incredulousness echoing through time and around MLS.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2016

Leah Julius asked this with a mix of incredulousness and relief.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2016

"As an interviewer, Williams is a pro at walking the delicate tightrope between deadpan and incredulousness while interviewing the clueless, the adamant, and the super-serious," Harris points out.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2016

Irreligion -- N. irreligion†, indevotion†; godlessness, ungodliness &c. adj.; laxity, quietism. skepticism, doubt; unbelief, disbelief; incredulity, incredulousness &c. adj.†; want of faith, want of belief; pyrrhonism; bout &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark