disbelieving

Example Sentences

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He laughs in disbelieving joy at his opponent's shot-making.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

The other disbelieving intellectuals continued to write and publish but seemed to make less news by their pronouncements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

“I didn’t know you could buy a town,” responds disbelieving colleague Bre Tiesi.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

They look disbelieving but I walk with them to Plankinton and show them an address on a seemingly abandoned building and explain the numbering system again.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2024

I follow the same tortured trajectory over and over—from my rush of disbelieving joy to my crashing deflation.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen