disbelieving

Example Sentences

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With this bizarre turn, Mr. Noonan renders the character such a pathetic figure that the remainder of the show leaves us disengaged—and disbelieving.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He laughs in disbelieving joy at his opponent's shot-making.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

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

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

These were the questions knocking around inside Curly’s head as the image on the TV screen dissolved to electric fuzz before his disbelieving eyes.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen