doubtfully

Example Sentences

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"This is what he looks like now?" asks Bradford University's Prof Hassan Ugail doubtfully.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

“I’m trying to bring out as many features of the landscape as I possibly can, and shadows hide features,” he tells me, gazing up doubtfully.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

“I suppose I could look for it in the morning,” she replies doubtfully.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022

Even then, it’s oddly disowned and unidiomatic: “Everyone at school is saying that I’m a gay,” Trevor tells us, doubtfully.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

“I suppose,” he said out loud, doubtfully, “they would have pronounced it Cuchullain in the North? You can’t tell with ancient languages.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White