How to Use naysayer in a Sentence

naysayer

noun
  • There are always naysayers who say it can't be done.
  • But that’s just one of 10 things that need to change for the Tigers to prove the naysayers — Us?
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The more time passes, the more the naysayers come around (or die out).
    Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2018
  • By the end, all of us naysayers were having the most fun!
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Soon, all those old naysayers saw my rise to the top dog.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
  • That was it for his second year in the NFL, and the naysayers came out in force.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
  • There will be trolls and naysayers and just plan jerks out there.
    Barbara Boxer and Nicole Boxer, Marie Claire, 9 Oct. 2018
  • For months now, the critics and naysayers have been sounding the alarm on the NFL.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • Williams has two words for all of his naysayers: Take That.
    Evan Sawdey, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • Give yourself time to bring naysayers around to your point of view.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The naysayers voiced their opinions on Facebook and the St. Paul's phone line.
    Rick Lee, Philly.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • This wouldn’t be the first time Lawrence has addressed naysayers.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
  • Even the naysayers had to come around after the Super Bowl berth.
    Ej Smith, Philly.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Then again, the New Kids, and their fans, have proven naysayers wrong before.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2015
  • What about the naysayers who warn that your show might not succeed?
    Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The film begins with a sampling of naysayers — and to be sure, Trump isn’t the only one.
    Jocelyn Noveck, idahostatesman, 10 Aug. 2017
  • And in two games with the Saints, the 30-year-old Johnson has quickly proven those naysayers wrong.
    Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • But the naysayers were quickly hushed and sent to work on other projects.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
  • These Brewers don’t care much about the naysayers from the outside.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2017
  • Though that hasn’t stopped naysayers from trying to bring it down.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 Nov. 2018
  • With that in mind, Parton has one message for all the naysayers.
    Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Not to be a naysayer but limiting the amount of grass that a person needs.
    Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 10 June 2021
  • And all along the way the chorus of naysayers will insist it simply can't be done.
    David Karpf, WIRED, 27 July 2023
  • The inhabitants of that room have heard the naysayers all year.
    Andrew Wagner, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • But Bruce Springsteen may be the most famous naysayer of all.
    Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
  • Most of the naysayers lamented how quickly bread gets moldy when it’s not chilled.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Why join the naysayers when there’s such beauty to behold?
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
  • To win this fight, the Evergrande naysayers may have to suffer a lot more pain.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2018
  • And at the very bottom are a few naysayers, who chose none of the above under the rationale that not a single one is good.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Councilmember Larry Agran was the lone naysayer in Tuesday’s vote.
    Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 10 Oct. 2024

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