How to Use believable in a Sentence

believable

adjective

• But watching them act quote-unquote normal in believable ways is a soothing balm right now.
  — Marian Bull, Bon Appétit, 1 Apr. 2020
• In terms of keeping it believable, that's really been at the forefront of my mind.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2020
• Con artists, after all, work overtime at being believable.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2020
• The cast here is most believable as young people—enemies or not—who stay up all night and then fall asleep in a pile, like puppies in long grass.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
• Such persuasion comes via clear, believable information, not orders from on high.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 10 Apr. 2020
• Horror movies with jokes usually involve the characters finding brief moments of levity in a more believable, less high-concept world.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
• Space Force spreads its supporting cast out quite differently, which gives Carell a little more room to work with as a believable military leader.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 May 2020
• To play Fibbage, the game provides a crazy-but-true headline with one word missing: Your job is to enter a lie that's believable enough to be chosen by the other players.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2020
• Which goes a long way to explain why the character Forky from Toy Story 4 is not only compelling but also instantly believable.
  — Susana Martinez-Conde, Scientific American, 1 May 2020
• The goal was not to go for 1970s on the nose, but to date things a few years prior to make the world feel believable.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
• To build a believable bronze, dust the highest points of your face: the top of the cheekbones, (lightly) across the forehead, and down the bridge of the nose.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 24 Feb. 2023
• So, my whole thing was to make the story very believable.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
• But the Spurs are 3-1 with a -0.9 net rating right now, which isn’t believable at all.
  — Charles Curtis, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2022
• That the O’Neils desire vengeance is believable enough.
  — Tod Goldberg, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022
• There’s not a minute in Mudbound that doesn’t feel deeply felt and believable.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 30 July 2024
• These horrors are all too believable, and that is part of the problem.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• The result: their speedy courtship is more believable, less creepy.
  — cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
• While the plot leak seems believable, there’s no way to verify any of this right now.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 Oct. 2021
• So the notion people are drifting in and out of time in that city seems very believable.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Feb. 2023
• Which may make her version of events just that much more believable.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Showing through images and videos makes the words far more believable to the viewer.
  — Yec, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• Dafoe had his costar slap him in real life around 20 times to help make the action look more believable!
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• The secret to making the faux flecks equal parts believable and wearable?
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2020
• Kya’s crushes and heartbreaks are some of the only parts of Where the Crawdads Sing that are close to believable.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022
• In some cases, the caller might even know your name and address, which makes the call sound more believable.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2022
• As beloved as the show has become, it's also known for its not-so-believable plot points.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 July 2021
• At a Chicago-believable $4 a gallon, that’s $180 a month in gas.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2020
• First, states need to threaten a response that is both scary and believable.
  — Erica Borghard, Wired, 17 Dec. 2020
• Some are easy to spot while others are more believable.
  — Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024
• Unlike many campaign promises, this one is believable, because Trump has surrounded himself with anti-Ukraine and pro-Putin advisers.
  — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024