be dubious
Example Sentences
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The critics had good reason to be dubious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022
They were right to be dubious: Over the last few years, Ms. Nuckolls kept noticing inaccurate payment counts when she checked on her status.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022
Oliverson said that he finds the argument that doctors can't safely dispense drugs to be "dubious at best."
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2021
Some is quite good – especially the sausage Ronto Wrap — but picky kid eaters may be dubious.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2019
It was a momentous occasion—the opening of the season; a brilliant audience, diamond-glinting and decollete; an audience familiar with the value of Tiffany tiaras, but inclined to be dubious about Berlin laurels.
From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel