doubt
verb (used with object)
to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
was doubting
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past progressiveof doubt.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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That sort of ability to stay the course, to have confidence in a player who was doubting himself, is why England won.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2024
“I was doubting myself, hadn’t been practicing, was just being a downer,” Tongi says.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
And whenever I felt like we were straying either in story or in tone or whatever it was, whenever I was doubting our direction, I would just go back to Olivia.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2022
“No one was doubting me except for me. I had to believe that it would work out for it to work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
She said it like a question, like she was doubting what she knew was true.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
