believability

Example Sentences

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By focusing on the frightening ways a fan can collect information and seize an opportunity to get a leg up in the right circumstances, Russell prioritizes believability over spectacle.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

His touchstone for a fantastical creature that successfully achieved believability was the Hippogriff, a winged four-legged creature seen in 2004’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

Humor is the strongest connective tissue between fiction and its audience, and fantasy, like horror, has a higher believability bar than most genres.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

Taubman reinforced its believability by nodding off at a pivotal moment in the trial.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2023

“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn’t love hard to believe?”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel