credulously

Example Sentences

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In this book, he credulously quotes a venture capitalist speculating that Bankman-Fried “had a real shot at being the world’s first trillionaire.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

And, worse, she credulously repeats phony smears against Mullet that collapse with any scrutiny.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2020

Through the Safdies’ eyes, we watch Howard fondly but not quite credulously.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

To someone who has long been disappointed by how casually and credulously reporters who should know better than to swallow these sorts of non-denial denials whole, it was a distinct pleasure to watch.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2019

They had heard, and they credulously believed, that the republic of Plato was realized in the despotic government of Persia, and that a patriot king reigned ever the happiest and most virtuous of nations.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Milman, Henry Hart