believable

Example Sentences

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But I had to play a brilliant, believable baseball player.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Many of them "pass themselves off as experts in science and physics because it's somehow more believable to their followers than just going with 'the official story.'"

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

It’s a cat-and-mouse movie with some initiative, and even if that drive ultimately goes nowhere, the film at least manages to make its characters’ strength under duress believable.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

The idea that AI is already gobbling up lots of jobs seems believable because it feels like a suspicion confirmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

One of the most frustrating things about reading Walter's trial record had been that the State's witnesses—Ralph Myers, Bill Hooks, and Joe Hightower—were so obviously not believable.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson