skeptical

Example Sentences

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“We’re a bit skeptical that people are going to achieve their goals pursuing their militaristic policies. Things don’t seem to ever work out the way that leaders imagined.”

From The Wall Street Journal

When Basma, the zoo’s lead cheetah trainer, decides that Chase and Finn would make an excellent pair, Finn is skeptical.

From The Wall Street Journal

Being bold with predictions is fine, but so is being skeptical of their veracity.

From Barron's

Wall Street evidently was skeptical of the narrative.

From Barron's

Markets, he said, may be skeptical of any assurance that this, too, shall pass.

From Barron's