Doubted

Examples

• I had never doubted that the Moonstone had found its way into Mr. Luker's hands, at the time Mr. Murthwaite alluded to. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I think, if they bring me out to be hanged to-morrow, as is much to be doubted they may, I will try its weight upon the finisher of the sentence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Warlike Tribes have been put to flight so easily by civilised armies in modern times that such tribes have been doubted as possessing their boasted or even natural courage. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Had you doubted it, then? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I doubted if her mind was in a fit condition to take in what I had said to her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But they were strangers to our house; and Penelope doubted, in Rosanna's present state, whether strangers might not do her more harm than good. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I only doubted whether or not I should endeavour to see Idris again, before I departed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It is not clear that the quality or character of man’s food is so closely correlated to his thought, but that it has its influence cannot be doubted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Her wish of shewing you attention could not be doubted, and his being a disengaged and social man makes it all easy. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Why do you say that--as if you doubted me? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I should not have doubted it, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He also advised me to put my former name of Harriette Wilson to the work, which he doubted not would the better ensure its sale. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Wrights doubted whether this was the best form for shifting weather, and built theirs more on the pattern of the gull’s wings, curving slightly at the tips. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It plays the part of a private detective, and its testimony in court is never doubted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I was a little heated, I suppose, by feeling that he had doubted me, and I went on bluntly, without waiting to hear him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Lizzie sat so still, that one could not have said wherein the fact of her manner being troubled was expressed; and yet one could not have doubted it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• That those events have done so, however, cannot be doubted. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was only two hundred pages long and he doubted if two thousand people had ever read it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He rubbed his eyes and roused himself; but he doubted, when he had done so, whether he was not still asleep. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mr. Casaubon, bowing, doubted not that Mrs. Casaubon would oblige him, and Dorothea said, at once, Where shall I put myself? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And in the nod and in the firm set of her mouth, there was a vigour of purpose not to be doubted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Emma doubted the truth of this sentiment. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But when they showed us the print of Peter's face in the hard stone of the prison wall and said he made that by falling up against it, we doubted. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We doubted the statement, but did it reluctantly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This latter alternative, which was first propounded by Pallas, seems by far the most probable, and can, indeed, hardly be doubted. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I doubted for a moment whether I ought to follow and speak to her or not. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He doubted that he would arrive in time to do more than avenge. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It may indeed be doubted, whether butcher's meat is any where a necessary of life. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• On this very morning I doubted, with my hand on the door, whether I should ask her the questions I had come to put, or not. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Editor: Moll