How to Use believable in a Sentence

believable

adjective

• Despite the efforts to make the chess scenes believable, there are still areas in which the series comes up short.
  — Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2020
• Cami’s a believable singer and that’s what Kelly wanted to see.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2020
• At a Chicago-believable $4 a gallon, that’s $180 a month in gas.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2020
• Rose LaMarre’s mother is a tad chillier than some, but believable as a woman who just can’t wrap her head around her son’s life.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Dec. 2020
• Behind the logo there must be a believable, honest message which has to convey emotions and a compelling narrative.
  — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2020
• Their sibling relationship is believable, which goes a long way toward establishing the movie’s reality.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
• But far less believable — in fact, actually false — is Trump's claim that Biden will send the U.S. back to the 18th century.
  — TheWeek, 30 Oct. 2020
• Curie, but her binational accent is impeccable and her performance is both compelling and entirely believable.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 3 Dec. 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
• 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
• 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
• What comes across as silly—and what is just outlandish enough to be believable?
  — Margret Grebowicz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• Most of the time, the more believable answer is almost always true.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
• At the time, the SEC was actively deliberating such an approval, making the post even more believable.
  — Sam Sabin, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
• Incredibly fruitful gardens tended to by old people in the apocalypse are totally believable.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024