naysayers
Example Sentences
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The beauty mogul says there will always be naysayers, and there were plenty of people who told her she was "mad" or that her ideas would not work but it's important to ignore them.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Still, with all the aforementioned accomplishments, and decades later, Steinem said that her naysayers used her bunny work in an attempt to discredit her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“It took 50 years, but maybe the naysayers were correct that Toyota is going to take over the U.S. market,” said Charlie Chesbrough, senior economist at Cox Automotive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
All these are adorable accessories to the character’s brave insistence on betting on herself in a world of naysayers set on diminishing her brightness.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Lawrence had brought in the sixty-inch despite the warnings of naysayers such as Bethe.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
