How to Use the benefit of the doubt in a Sentence

the benefit of the doubt

noun phrase

• For at least the first week, Day gets the benefit of the doubt.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• Bell, for his part, also gave him the benefit of the doubt.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
• Hamas gets the benefit of the doubt and Israel doesn’t, time after time.
  — Becket Adams, National Review, 16 June 2024
• Worse for Biden, he is no longer being given the benefit of the doubt.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 10 July 2024
• But Baumann was giving the rookie the benefit of the doubt.
  — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• Yes, Holmes deserves the benefit of the doubt, given how well last year’s draft class worked out.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
• At the same time, though, the company should get points for trying—and, for now at least, deserves the benefit of the doubt.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 25 July 2023
• John Hunter wants jurors to give Howerton the benefit of the doubt.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2024
• She was unsettled by the messages, but gave Kirwan the benefit of the doubt.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 July 2024
• The rules have been altered to really give the benefit of the doubt to the offensive player.
  — Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2024
• Younger and more activist progressive Democrats seem less inclined to give Mr. Biden the benefit of the doubt.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• What kind of month gives you the benefit of the doubt and a subsequent rally of huge proportion?
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2024
• Often, people rush their responses, so give them the benefit of the doubt, Losee said.
  — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• So proceed accordingly and give them the benefit of the doubt.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Always remember, sports fans, the NFL deserves the benefit of the doubt on nothing.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• All that said, this Denver team is probably going to have to win a game before getting the benefit of the doubt.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2024
• Mace, one of the eight Republicans who voted to unseat McCarthy, has opted to give the new speaker the benefit of the doubt.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023
• For now, Barrett will get the benefit of the doubt as a draft pick, but Wooten, Cherelus and Davis are likely on better or even ground entering camp.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2024
• In deviating from realism, Cage alone got the benefit of the doubt.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022
• Give others the benefit of the doubt: Relationships fail when couples stop seeing the best in each other.
  — Dusty Johnson, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
• Employees can feel when they’re being heard, understood and given the benefit of the doubt.
  — Kelly Hopping, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Editor’s picks But giving the producer the benefit of the doubt, there’s even more room for pause with the film’s writer, Derek Connolly.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
• The result is a shield that has allowed many companies to receive the benefit of the doubt from regulators.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• After some back and forth, the trio convinced themselves that reporters had heard Biden use the language before—with attribution—and would give him the benefit of the doubt.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 June 2024
• Adopt an attitude of kindness in which your go-to reaction to people is to give them the benefit of the doubt, empathize with them and seek ways to reach out with compassion.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• But all of that could also be a misunderstanding; maybe the woman did not speak badly about your father, and your wife is right in giving her the benefit of the doubt.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• While some of her co-hosts were willing to give the former New England Patriots head coach, 72, and his 24-year-old beauty queen girlfriend the benefit of the doubt, doubts were all Behar had.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
• Love is about assuming positive intent and giving your partner the benefit of the doubt.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Do members support teachers, respect their expertise, and give teachers the benefit of the doubt?
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
• To give him the benefit of the doubt, there are Republicans in Annapolis who are clearly to his political right.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024