incredulity
Example Sentences
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We marvel at what 50-somethings get done during a workweek, and we recall with incredulity how much we accomplished daily while working and child-rearing and housekeeping and traveling and negotiating the city.
“Magic? You can’t really—” said Christopher, incredulity rising in his voice.
From Literature
Ryan Tsui, whose brother and niece died in the sinking, previously said he followed the case with "incredulity" as he said witnesses dodged responsibility.
From Barron's
She “renounced her philosophical incredulity in the face of death” and expressed “full confidence in the afterlife in her last writings.”
Today, your first impression is awe at one of the great spaces of the world—awe but also incredulity that you see no trace of the fire.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
