How to Use doubtful in a Sentence

doubtful

adjective

• The truth of the statements was doubtful.
• I tried to reassure them, but they remained doubtful.
• Their decisions were based on data of doubtful accuracy.
• The Big Ten would have to make concessions, and that’s doubtful.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
• Early in the morning a snowflake could be mixed in but that is doubtful.
  — Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2021
• First though, the band that everybody would start with but, to me, is doubtful.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• Part of you wants to join them, but another part of you may be doubtful.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2021
• Even as a starter, Wells is doubtful to carry a full workload in 2022.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2022
• He is listed as doubtful for Thursday’s game against the Spurs.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
• He is listed as doubtful, but the Seahawks are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel for Snell.
  — oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2020
• Thibodeaux is day-to-day and Swinson is doubtful this week.
  — oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2021
• McGann seemed doubtful, but some other men whooped and hollered, and that felt great.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
• The headstock bore the Gibson logo, but Van Halen was doubtful.
  — Mark Yarm, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• With Ja Morant doubtful to play, the return of Brooks is even more important.
  — Damichael Cole, USA TODAY, 10 May 2022
• Bashaw was sure that guests would want to do farm labor, even if the number crunchers were doubtful.
  — Adam Erace, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2023
• Kerr said Iguodala is doubtful to play on this trip, but his progress is promising.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2022
• Right now many people are doubtful about solar and wind.
  — Wired, 31 July 2022
• Click here to read more about the troubles facing Democrats doubtful about Biden’s future.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 July 2024
• The trio’s storied past and break up left many of its global fans doubtful that Hill, Jean and Michel would ever share a stage again.
  — Cori Murray, Essence, 23 Sep. 2021
• The Bengals tweeted that Wilson's return to the game was doubtful.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 5 Dec. 2021
• It’s doubtful Sox players would be given the go-ahead to jog to first base under Guillén 2.0.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Knicks could be without Jalen Brunson, who is doubtful with foot soreness.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
• Still, some market onlookers are doubtful that the deal will go through.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
• But some outside experts are doubtful about the new restoration.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2024
• The good news is that stricter Covid requirements are now in place and it’s looking pretty doubtful they’ll get thrown out in court.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
• Unless enough people care to protest, which seems doubtful, Briles will walk a sideline again.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Biden’s odds in Florida are still doubtful, as Florida has swung to the right and as polls show Biden trailing Trump in the state.
  — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
• Davis was listed by the team as doubtful to play Thursday night against the Colts in Indianapolis.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• Wide receiver Chris Conley was doubtful with an oblique injury.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• David Johnston, a Torrance resident, raised concerns about the lack of public input on the measure and was doubtful that council members work 40 hours a week on city business.
  — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024