incredulous
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A key sequence in “You Can See Everything” revolves around Holmes telling Fielder she has never told a lie, and his incredulous response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
“He’s kind of incredulous that anybody doesn’t think he’s a hawk.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bannon and Darcy described Campbell's comments to the Belfast Telegraph as incredulous.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
"Now our street is almost full, and more people are on their way," she said with an incredulous laugh, a bashful smile lighting up her face.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The new attitude to evidence, which Sprat had praised as ‘this Inquiring, this scrupulous, this incredulous Temper’, had encouraged a general scepticism of miracles, providences and witchcraft.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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