How to Use incredulity in a Sentence

incredulity

noun
  • The news of his death was met with expressions of incredulity.
  • Their stories have been met with a mix of incredulity and anger.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • But the out-there premise never breaks through the wall of incredulity.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
  • Their fears, their jokes, their incredulity that life can be good there spoke volumes.
    — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • An air of incredulity is deserved here.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That same air of incredulity is familiar to those who have worked with him.
    — Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • His feet in leg irons are tensed, the toes and arches curled in quiet incredulity.
    — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Needless to say, there was a whole lot of distrust and incredulity.
    — Mariana Enriquez, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • At first, Deb’s comments were met with a wave of incredulity.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Such promises would be viewed with incredulity, even when issued to close friends.
    — Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2023
  • As always, his incredulity is mild; her mother may not even have noticed it.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This is partly for our own health; the stress of living in a state of constant incredulity would kill us young.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Ohio State fans watched the replay countless times with growing incredulity and anger.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2019
  • Flood asks with blinking incredulity as Isidora blazes on to something else.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Louisville junior Samuell Williamson gave Cross a look of incredulity.
    — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 10 Nov. 2021
  • James extended both arms in incredulity during the pre-overtime break.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • When Thein reached out to the employees who had the ability to do so, she was met with incredulity.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • McGlocklin said, his voice hitting a high pitch of incredulity.
    — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2022
  • McGlocklin said, his voice hitting a high pitch of incredulity.
    — Jim Owczarski, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2022
  • But incredulity won’t help arrest the ascendance of right-wing populism.
    — Ece Temelkuran, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2020
  • Many of us have spent the past 15 months focused on chaos and bouts of incredulity, if not insanity.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • While there was incredulity in some quarters, others had a more nuanced reaction.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The response to Lutkenhaus’ performance has been one of awe and incredulity.
    — George Ramsay, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As Russ’ lawyer, Josh Duhamel is tasked with playing notes of utter incredulity again and again.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Yet over the course of the 40-minute discussion, the statements that drew the most incredulity were Tao’s.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 June 2026
  • Cienfuegos’ death has left Spain’s industry with a sense of incredulity.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Zarif took to Twitter to criticize the sanctions in a message laced with sarcasm and incredulity.
    — Brian Pascus, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Tension and incredulity pulsed through Friday’s sentencing hearing, which spanned more than two hours.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Hoffman’s mother, when Scheiber later speaks to her, is well acquainted with this flavor of incredulity.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • For months, rivals have nipped at his heels, evincing an I-can’t-believe-I’m-losing-to-this guy incredulity.
    — Time, 30 Jan. 2020

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