be dubious
Example Sentences
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Parma thinks some may be dubious to invest in research given the lack of sufficient treatments.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023
The critics had good reason to be dubious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022
“There is only one similar shirt in a museum collection,” Mr. Gorman said, “and I believe that to be dubious too.”
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021
I want to tell my partner, but I know his reaction will be dubious at best.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2020
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
