How to Use skeptic in a Sentence

skeptic

noun

• He is a skeptic and a cynic.
• Skeptics have pointed out flaws in the researchers' methods.
• You can believe in ghosts if you like, but I'm still a skeptic.
• But the rest of us, even the skeptics, are ensnared in the same structures.
  — Hannah Zeavin, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022
• In time, Kurzweil says, even skeptics will begin to see the world through his lens.
  — Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
• What impressed the skeptics and scouts last fall was Shedeur’s actions on the field.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024
• There’s always going to be the skeptics and the purists and the armchair critics.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
• Many of the same skeptics were present in the Senate gallery on Thursday, cheering when the vote passed.
  — Harm Venhuizen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
• To skeptics, all such talk may seem not just warm and fuzzy, but also soft and squishy.
  — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• To all the skeptics: Taylor and Joe are still going strong.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Oct. 2019
• The skeptics are right that the industry is about to run out of cheap data.
  — Niall Ferguson, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
• Some skeptics have said patients might not notice the effects of the drug.
  — Laurie McGinley, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
• The far-right leader was an early skeptic of the threat of the pandemic.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
• Billy Napier and the Gators were optimistic and stuck to the script amid a sea of skeptics.
  — Wesley Alden, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2024
• Profits in 2023 declined, so skeptics think the good times no longer roll.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• There are some good reasons to believe the Biden skeptics.
  — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 13 Aug. 2019
• There are skeptics like James Sims, a 28-year-old truck driver.
  — Nic Garcia, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020
• Or will the world need to wait until the 2030s or beyond, as skeptics maintain.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 3 June 2024
• Tech, over the past few years, has finally met its skeptics.
  — Wired, 6 Sep. 2019
• And, as in so many fields, at first the skeptics vastly outnumbered the early-adopters.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 15 May 2024
• This recipe may change the minds of Brussels sprouts skeptics in your family.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
• But Kim proved far more adept that his skeptics and foes expected.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
• And yes, skeptics who want to test the technology by putting obstacles in the way.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Musk in 2017 addressed one question that skeptics had been kicking around for the past year: How SpaceX planned to pay for this thing.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 27 Sep. 2019
• That includes among Trump voters who tend to be skeptics.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
• The free speech skeptics might want to read up on the history of abolitionism.
  — Russell Jacoby, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
• To critics and skeptics of their work, their ascent to fame seems eerily sudden and too good to be true.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• At the same time, skeptics attempted to debunk the story by focusing on the lack of proof that Casey was in Madrid.
  — Jonathan Alter, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• Election skeptics are leading many races at the state and county levels.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
• The county, which has transitioned in recent decades from a solidly Republican swath to a more political diverse region, has its share of election skeptics.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024