disbelieve

Few of the now grown-up McMartin children have spoken publicly, but some have described the pressure to fabricate stories or disbelieve innocent memories in favor of traumatic ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

"There is no reason at all to reject or disbelieve what he said in that interview," she told the court.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023

Many people do disbelieve the very first approach by a scammer or a con artist.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023

Mr. Johnston said, “You cannot disbelieve the resurrection based on the historical accounts that we have. It is so well attested.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

I myself did not know how I could have produced so beautiful a child, and I was proud of her and glad, even when people pretended to disbelieve that I could be her mother.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Anyone who claims not to understand the concept of the poverty-to-prison pipeline or disbelieves the word of the wrongfully convicted cannot watch this show and still legitimately hold on to that illusion.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022

"Categorising the claims that have been made as 'distorted, and in many cases false' creates a company atmosphere that disbelieves victims," it reads.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2021

Categorizing the claims that have been made as “distorted, and in many cases false” creates a company atmosphere that disbelieves victims.

From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2021

It is a shame that Mr Davenport–Hines dismisses stories he disbelieves, about other moles, sexual foibles and bureaucratic mishaps, as “delusions”, “nasty inventions” and “silly fancies”.

From Economist ● Feb. 8, 2018

He disbelieves in Job's integrity, and desires him to be so tried that he may fall into sin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

"We want to avoid situations where victims feel like they're maybe not being taken seriously, or heaven forbid, being disbelieved," says Cdr Southworth.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

Hanna has sometimes worried that if she put it all out there, she would be disbelieved.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

The women were determined to speak up together, rather than be silenced and disbelieved, said another plaintiff, Cherryl Jackson-Williams.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

Yet, 16 of the 17 people who reported brain fog in our study described feeling disbelieved.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023

Almost instinctively he went about learning the truth and at the same time disbelieved it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

Frazzled housewives were a specialty: She was Richard Dreyfuss’ alarmed spouse in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” John Denver’s disbelieving wife in “Oh, God!” and a workaholic mother opposite Michael Keaton in “Mr. Mom.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024

Sheen’s remarkable performance dominates this compelling three-part Amazon film, A Very Royal Scandal, as he captures a prince angry and disbelieving at his collapsing status.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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 test the weight of it in my hands, disbelieving, and then toss it down and hop on it.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu