How to Use believable in a Sentence

believable

adjective
  • 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
  • All the questions posed by the case are made believable by the puncture in the old blood vial.
    German Lopez, Vox, 18 Oct. 2018
  • The two bicker about whether or not the ruse even looks believable.
    Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2018
  • 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 seems believable on the one hand, and very unfair on the other.
    Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Here, the 21-year-old model shares her best tricks for faking a believable back from the beach glow.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Once the two spoke on the phone, the reality was more clear but no more believable.
    Dan Greene, SI.com, 18 June 2019
  • Now that's more believable than sweet Mrs. Puff, right? ...right?
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 15 May 2018
  • 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
  • So, why was the story of Theranos so believable in the first place?
    Michael J. Joyner, STAT, 24 May 2018
  • 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 the heat of the moment, the way that fight is portrayed on-screen comes across as a believable way to give texture to his story.
    Daniel Starkey, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2018
  • 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
  • Scott as David/Buddy plays the part with wild abandon, believable to his core.
    Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • While the depth of their allyship doesn’t quite feel believable, Gemmell and Ridley do their best to sell it as part of Campbell’s collection of action tropes.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Allow that to soak in for at least 10 minutes, then wipe away the excess before applying lipstick — this will ensure an even application for a more believable nude lip.
    Claire Sullivan, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025

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