How to Use skepticism in a Sentence

skepticism

noun

• It's good to maintain a healthy skepticism about fad diets.
• She regarded the researcher's claims with skepticism.
• In replies to Snoop's post on X, some fans met the news with a healthy dose of skepticism.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• The interest in Brown was as intense as the skepticism about the process.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
• Duke said there was plenty of skepticism about the idea.
  — Jennifer Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2023
• On that recent night in the Valley, Mills and his group try to see past their initial skepticism.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• So far, though, there’s plenty of skepticism to go around.
  — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Buckley shared his skepticism about Kennedy’s chances in the Granite State.
  — Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• Since 2017, skepticism of science and marginalization of the art world haven’t slowed.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• Being able to do something that my daughters can watch was what got me past the skepticism.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 28 Dec. 2022
• But his Tuesday remarks served to rebut fresh skepticism at whether the two sides can reach a deal at all.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• In fact, it was sort of initially viewed with some skepticism.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
• But there remained skepticism, even after a clerk at the Fort Dodge store gave him a winner claim form.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• Even in 1996, researchers voiced skepticism of the findings.
  — Elise Cutts, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• On one end, there’s some skepticism as to whether this is virtue signaling.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
• There is broad skepticism from members of both parties that progress will be made on the issues about which the public most cares.
  — Hannah Fingerhut, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2023
• Rather than being a cause for skepticism, the presence of such an agenda makes the result all the more meaningful.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• Mueller speaks highly of Harbaugh, but has expressed some skepticism about the Spanoses being a great fit for the hard-charging coach.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Seeing the global reaction to events, skepticism to science and how that’s grown in the past few years, was eye-opening.
  — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
• There was plenty of skepticism, even within the league office.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• The version centered on Kate, though, views him with thorough skepticism.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
• There is plenty of skepticism about comments like that.
  — David Koenig, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
• While the clients' skepticism could be viewed as an obstacle, Aversano and his team embrace it as a challenge.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• His idea was met with skepticism by other people who were familiar with the site.
  — Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
• Could the Zags turn all the skepticism into a boulder on their shoulder that serves as propellant for a deep run through March?
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• On the betting markets alone, optimism and skepticism remain in a fierce tug of war.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024
• Everyone is beatable and has had a tough stretch of games, leading to media and fan skepticism.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
• Campaigns that are trailing in the polls often impugn them, of course, but Biden aides cite reasons for their skepticism.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Some CEOs also expressed skepticism that tariffs should be an end goal in and of themselves, believing that the threat of tariffs is far more effective than the real thing.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
• Local real estate professionals expressed skepticism early on that companies wouldn't pay top dollar for offices on floor plates that are two or three times the size of a typical office building.
  — Nick Halter, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024