How to Use skepticism in a Sentence

skepticism

noun
  • It's good to maintain a healthy skepticism about fad diets.
  • She regarded the researcher's claims with skepticism.
  • My plan is to beat back any skepticism and try to soak it all in.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Allen’s skepticism would have been niche just a few years ago.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • This has stirred skepticism, to say the least.
    — Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Why all the skepticism from his peers?
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Well … that’s where my skepticism kicks back in.
    — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • One of the worst is skepticism.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The skepticism is not unique to Trump.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • To be clear, there is a valid reason for skepticism.
    — Jj Jasser, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
  • There was so much skepticism about this peace process heading in.
    — NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The best defense is a healthy dose of skepticism.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a great deal of skepticism in the psychedelics space, for good reason.
    — Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2022
  • Plenty of time to prove my skepticism wrong.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t be surprised to hear skepticism from the court.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • Among Democrats, there was deep skepticism.
    — Matthew Lee, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But there was some skepticism from Wall Street about the move.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • So far, this skepticism has been misplaced.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But skepticism around the method is growing.
    — Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There has always been a lot of skepticism about the prospect that aliens exist.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The first trailer is good enough to suppress some of that skepticism.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 7 Oct. 2022
  • If a child comes forward, the first response cannot be skepticism.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Oil and gasoline prices have been a driver of this skepticism.
    — Chris Megerian, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The news was met with equal parts excitement and skepticism from the band’s fan base.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, it was sort of initially viewed with some skepticism.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • On one end, there’s some skepticism as to whether this is virtue signaling.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • On one end, there's some skepticism as to whether this is virtue signaling.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • That stuff worries me much more than covid — the long-term effects of skepticism.
    — Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022
  • There’s plenty of skepticism that would or could ever take place.
    — Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
  • There’s plenty of skepticism that would or could ever take place.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026

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