How to Use incredulity in a Sentence

incredulity

noun

• The news of his death was met with expressions of incredulity.
• But the out-there premise never breaks through the wall of incredulity.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
• Their stories have been met with a mix of incredulity and anger.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
• There was some incredulity then: ‘Margaret, you’re way over the top!
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017
• At first, Deb’s comments were met with a wave of incredulity.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2018
• His feet in leg irons are tensed, the toes and arches curled in quiet incredulity.
  — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
• Needless to say, there was a whole lot of distrust and incredulity.
  — Mariana Enriquez, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• Louisville junior Samuell Williamson gave Cross a look of incredulity.
  — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 10 Nov. 2021
• This is partly for our own health; the stress of living in a state of constant incredulity would kill us young.
  — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2020
• Their fears, their jokes, their incredulity that life can be good there spoke volumes.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• When Thein reached out to the employees who had the ability to do so, she was met with incredulity.
  — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
• As Russ’ lawyer, Josh Duhamel is tasked with playing notes of utter incredulity again and again.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022
• Amos says today, recounting the sting and the incredulity.
  — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2022
• Such promises would be viewed with incredulity, even when issued to close friends.
  — Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2023
• Yet there is still a feeling of incredulity in local rugby circles that the showpiece of their sport is about to be awarded to the U.S.
  — John Stensholt, WSJ, 11 May 2022
• Ohio State fans watched the replay countless times with growing incredulity and anger.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2019
• There was breathless incredulity as Wonder Gadot drew neck and neck with Monomoy Girl in the lane, hope and indignation as the foul was lodged.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018
• Which is where this story takes a turn toward incredulity.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2022
• All Mookie Betts could do was scream, collect his bat off the ground and chop at the air, incredulity sweeping through him and everyone else in blue.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• Richard Heene appeared to make a tongue-in-cheek reference to the incredulity of the situation in his comments to the Denver Post.
  — Carly Roman, Washington Examiner, 24 Dec. 2020
• As always, his incredulity is mild; her mother may not even have noticed it.
  — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• For months, rivals have nipped at his heels, evincing an I-can’t-believe-I’m-losing-to-this guy incredulity.
  — Time, 30 Jan. 2020
• Zarif took to Twitter to criticize the sanctions in a message laced with sarcasm and incredulity.
  — Brian Pascus, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2019
• Her post was met with a wave of incredulity on social media: How could the leading lady of one of the most celebrated films of the year not score a ticket?
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 Mar. 2022
• That this backdrop was so violently punctured, by the orange fireballs and dark smoke erupting from the crash sites, added to the incredulity of it all.
  — Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• Wilson polished off the 41-yard touchdown run with ease as 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan (guessing here) shook his head in incredulity.
  — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2019
• The goal sparked wild celebrations among the Senegalese players and incredulity among Poland's.
  — Guy Jackson, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
• Obama also expressed incredulity at how the White House has responded to the Covid-19 outbreaks among its staffers.
  — NBC news, 27 Oct. 2020
• McGlocklin said, his voice hitting a high pitch of incredulity.
  — Jim Owczarski, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2022
• Midler eventually gets to this stage as well, though she’s forced to spend much of her screening stretching incredulity.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024