be dubious
Example Sentences
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The critics had good reason to be dubious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022
But there are reasons to be dubious about how the journal's peer-review process worked in this case.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2021
Some is quite good – especially the sausage Ronto Wrap — but picky kid eaters may be dubious.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2019
A recent Bloomberg article unravels that paradox by describing an app piloted in one Chinese city, through which users can report what they deem to be dubious behavior of fellow citizens to the authorities.
From Slate • May 31, 2019
The event, indeed, might be dubious: in a state radically weak, every measure vigorous enough for its protection must endanger its existence.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
