How to Use dubious in a Sentence

dubious

adjective
  • He made the highly dubious claim that Elvis is still alive and living in Hawaii.
  • These claims are far more dubious.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • Henry looked at her and smiled, but with a kind of dubious pout.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • And while that big, round number is dubious, the essence isn’t.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • But his claim that windmills pose a great threat to our avian friends is dubious at best.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
  • At the same time, some are dubious of the fears that have rocked the market over the past few weeks.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
  • At the same time, some are dubious of the fears that have rocked the market over the past few weeks.
    — Jeran Wittenstein, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Now all that was left was a dubious glide ratio and the promise of an open field.
    — Caroline Paul, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
  • But all of that assumes that a putsch does succeed, and this is dubious.
    — Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Gone are most of the shops selling cheap souvenirs and bars with cheap but dubious drinks.
    — James Clark, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Plus, the idea that wild bears could acquire a taste for felines seemed dubious to him.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 5 June 2018
  • These claims range from the highly dubious to the patently false.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2017
  • But gambling on a craze, even a highly dubious one, can be about more than blind greed.
    — The Economist, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Kaine was dubious that the statute would support Hegseth's claim.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Worse is when the science cited is so dubious as to be useless.
    — David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Rich people spend vast sums of money on things of dubious value all the time.
    — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • An early review of one of his shows from around that time was equally dubious.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2021
  • So putting check marks next to any games for the remainder of the season is dubious.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The ethics of using prime farmland to grow fuel rather than food are dubious at best.
    — Brian Barth, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2017
  • But Davis described the claims as dubious.
    — Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That may not be fair, especially in a case like this where the facts are dubious at best.
    — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 7 July 2018
  • At least one, upon replay, looked more than … dubious.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Chiefs’ lack of a pass rush in recent games has been a dubious team effort.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The methods are dubious in both practice and rate of success.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Schulz’s murals wound up in Jerusalem in a more dubious fashion.
    — Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The health benefits of many such foods remain dubious at best.
    — The Economist, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Snider’s methods were dubious; his results were not.
    — Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • An auction house would never deal in works of dubious provenance.
    — Valeria Vantaggi, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
  • No dubious meat fillings here, only a three- to four-course meal before the show.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Even the most dubious of films often features a performance or a cameo that hits home.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025

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