How To Use Disbelief In A Sentence

GENERAL LEVALLE, Argentina—Pilots often stare in disbelief when they make their first flight over this hamlet on the verdant pampa. Maybe Graciela Sees It From Heaven, This Huge Guitar Made of Trees
Since it is implausibe that readers would need to disbelieve their supension of disbelief -- we all know going in that our suspension of disbelief is artificial -- it must be the second kind of "information" that needs to be combatted. Saying Something
But there is, in this review, talk about the actors, about the sense of wonder, and fer pete's sake, man, the * entire review* is about how and why I was able to suspend my disbelief. FlickFilosopher.com
We'll just have to suspend our disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
With his mate riding shotgun and in disbelief, this is a reasonable comedy about looks, with some funny gross-out moments as you view the world through Hal's rose-coloured eyes.

The thought of seeing 40 faces simultaneously crumple with disbelief was too much for us to bear.
We were in shock and disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
Even a short tour of the museum fills you with disgust and revulsion once you overcome your disbelief.
When I related to them how, on one jump, I was caught in a thermal updraft and was actually going up instead of down, they laughed in disbelief.
Even at the bell to start the round she stood for a second and looked in disbelief at her coach.
They suffered years of guilt and dissimulation before they could announce their own agnosticism or adamant disbelief.
It's where I am reminded that I no longer have to sit next to a goggle-eyed 4th grader with a milk mustache while opening my Gilligan's Island lunchbox and staring with disbelief at yet another soggy braunschweiger sandwich.
The dominant emotional reaction to the letter was shock and disbelief or anger and indignation.
Carl stared in disbelief at the bodies of some thirty or so children trapped in their seats.
He looked back and there was Megan, standing at the door with a tear stained face, her expression showing pure and utter confusion and disbelief.
She gingerly pulled the rope of pearls out of the box, staring at them in disbelief, as if she expected them to disappear any moment.
The film may not be as elegant as the previous financial procedurals, and Costa-Gavras' brief forays into cinematic trickery threaten our suspension of disbelief.
I was in disbelief at how these public officials weren't interested in hearing the other side.
The public reaction to cases like this has passed through anger to sheer disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
But just to witness the shocked disbelief on their anal retentive little faces when I do it will be worth every syllable.
He claims to be being completely truthful, despite the interviewer's disbelief and the fact that his face has changed in strange and unnatural ways.
After the hard graft of treatment and was over, shock and disbelief revisited and time again. Times, Sunday Times
Anyone who has stared in disbelief at an airport bureau de change screen offering one euro for a pound will know that sterling has not fared well. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike English, Arabic thematic fronting may express incredulity, disbelief, suspicion, uncertainty, denial, limitation and/or exclusiveness on the part of the subject or the object.
The only time a look of disbelief crosses his face is when a museum attendant shows off his favourite painting. Times, Sunday Times
This would have continued suspension of disbelief in two ways. 1) the daughter would have recognized him at the train station from old photographs or something 2) It would have made better sense that they had a connection later in the movie, rather than Shia Lebouf just being cool with finding out the man he knew as his father for years and years just wasn't, and now this old deadbeat is calling him "son. If I had written...Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It's natural to react with disbelief if your child is accused of bullying.
‘She's drunk,’ Matt realized suddenly, his mouth hanging open in disbelief.
His response was one of complete disbelief.
As Izzy looked on, impotent in disbelief, his body performed a slow cartwheel around the railing. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS
He looked at the horse in disbelief, and then made a shooing motion with his free hand.
There is an instant change from mild anger and heavy annoyance to startled astonishment and disbelief.
The guards in the towers stared in disbelief at the sight of fourscore Gauntlet Knights pounding toward them. The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Seven
While we ultimately know this film is a mockumentary, these techniques allow us to temporarily suspend our disbelief.
One only had to look at the bewilderment and disbelief on their faces to gauge what they must be feeling.
Now it was my turn to make the snort of disbelief.
It is a bizarre tale and the author hits just the right note of horror and disbelief.
Some of us just stared in disbelief. Christianity Today
We watched in disbelief as the nation was craftily wrested from our grip in these three short years.
After the hard graft of treatment and was over, shock and disbelief revisited and time again. Times, Sunday Times
Although this little word pshaw must be allowed, according to all the rules of verbal criticism, to imply disbelief or indifference, yet, in the present case, it actually meant no such thing. Ashton Priory
I remember my disbelief when the cell phone on the belt of the man next to me rang during a Yule invocation.
A practical disbelief of God's omniscience is at the bottom of all the wickedness of the wicked. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
You can imagine my utter disbelief then, when the cab turned up and turned out to be driven by a grey haired, short man of about fifty years of age.
In the Quran, the opposite of being grateful is defined by the term disbelief, which is synonymous to being ungrateful. WN.com - Financial News
Even the most seasoned pol has to gape in stunned disbelief that John McCain, the one-time presidential candidate, is willing to give credence to made-up claims about "death panels. Douthat: It's The Party's Fault
As I did, Mary Ire's voice rose from the front of the Scoto in a cigarette-hoarsened shout that was full of amazed disbelief. Duma Key
If this was happening in any other country we would be shaking our heads in disbelief. The Sun
The actress was forced to review her disbelief in ghosts when she saw a spectre at New York's Belasco Theater.
If the advert merely excites your curiosity or interest, something Maloney calls curious disbelief, that will be enough.
He declared his total disbelief in psychic phenomena.
More and more plainly as the years went by, it reflected disbelief in the nostrums of neo-liberal reform that every government, left or right, unvaryingly proposed to its citizens.
So astonishing are the anecdotes, so bizarre the characters, that eventually the reader has to suspend a truckload of disbelief.
Football brings good days and bad days, days when your heart sings with the disbelief of achieving what seemed impossible and days when your ears ring with the discomfiture of loss.
They had met the news that the terrorists lived among them with shock and disbelief.
Among the different disciplines, disbelief in the existence of God was not correlated with any particular area of expertise.
Amid widespread disbelief, it had to seek emergency funding and brought in turnaround experts to replace its chairman and chief executive. Times, Sunday Times
I have watched it rise for months in horror and disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
She frowned, choking back her spilling tears in disbelief.
Then there is the head-wagger: the one when you shake your head from side to side in disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
The two turned resolutely toward Olympic stadium and Mephistopheles, the torch held high, rode in woozy disbelief as they carried him to his destiny. Clarification
And yes, you do need to suspend your disbelief - but perhaps not as much as you might think. Times, Sunday Times
His fellow workers listened to his adventure story with / in disbelief.
In an essay on Gerald Graff, Sukenick makes this wonderfully efficient statement: "Mimetic fiction depends on the suspension of disbelief; nonmimetic fiction does not. "Mimetic Fiction"
It is a bizarre tale and the author hits just the right note of horror and disbelief.
Outside he took a sharp intake of breath out of disbelief.
A myriad of emotions plays over his boyish face - wry amusement, disbelief, disgust, and smugness.
To our utter disbelief, the story turned out to be totally unfounded, without a grain of truth.
Mitch looked up at Zach in disbelief, anger mounting.
Out of the corner of my eye I noted Patterson scoffing in disbelief.
Dauntless found it hard to maintain his belief, or indeed suspend his disbelief, in what he was doing.
After blinking in surprise, Tyler recovers with a snort of disbelief.
The thread of disbelief in his voice was laced with a subtle smear of sympathy.
That which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them, and We have cast among them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection.
Nor was my qualifying "apparently" meant in any way to suggest doubt or disbelief that Jerzy Urban had described Tygodnik Powszechny as "idolatrously philo-Semitic. 'Shoah' and Poland
An air of disbelief and sadness gripped the community.
When a diagnosis is made that your loved one has a very serious illness the first reaction is of course shock and disbelief.
I walk out of the lapping, transparent water in a daze made up of disbelief as much as exhaustion.
But this was disbelief mingled with dismay, fear or plain bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
But all war is ugly, a fulsome horror that, someday, as with gladiatorial contests, we will look back at in appalled disbelief: we did that? Megalomania and war, from Cannae to Iraq
To succeed as art, sci-fi and fantasy have to persuade us to suspend our disbelief in the world being conjured up.
With his mate riding shotgun and in disbelief, this is a reasonable comedy about looks, with some funny gross-out moments as you view the world through Hal's rose-coloured eyes.
Anger is usually repressed and emerges only as frustration and hopelessness, a disbelief in the ability to control one's own destiny. Mothers who Leave
Suspicion and disbelief erupted on the internet after the official announcement of his death. Times, Sunday Times
When people hear tragic news their first reaction is usually one of disbelief.
Shock and disbelief sent ratchet and hairdryer alike clattering to the forest floor.
The man slowly unbent himself, a look of disbelief on his face which was now slightly pink.
The moment she saw the car carrying her teenage son's body, she ran inside the house in disbelief, trying to avoid the sight. Fahad Faruqui: Muslims Against Muslims: The Struggle Between God's Worshippers and God's Warriors
Before you shake your head and cry out in disbelief, check out what Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins have to say about the PennY Arcade Reality TV Show. Penny Arcade: The Reality TV Show | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
His ears pricked, trying to identify the sound which had cut even through the grumble of the surf, and then he blinked in disbelief.
This film had some wonderful moments, and was beautifully shot on what looked like digital video, but there were some major character inconsistencies and plot bloopers that suspended disbelief.
She starts, too, from positions of provoking extremity… but passes rapidly from violent identification to a blank disbelief in what she has undertaken to say.
I watch a white Lamborghini Countach trundle past on the street outside and shake my head in disbelief.
Jarod stared in disbelief, then raised his weapon and fired point-blank at Gabriel's chest.
Yesterday parents waiting for their children outside school reacted with fury and disbelief at the news.
Miller discussed and investigated the philosophical basis and long history of atheism and disbelief.
Ashley stood on the hillside looking down at the devastation below in disbelief.
But this was disbelief mingled with dismay, fear or plain bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
This is a script so unlikely that even fans of the ropiest soaps would struggle to suspend their disbelief. Misbah's new cast transform Pakistan's dramatic cricket soap opera
Two men who had run up the stairs behind me stared in disbelief and shouted to the driver to open the doors. Times, Sunday Times
You are still rubbing your eyes with wonderment and disbelief when the plane lands and you are welcomed into an airport emporium where hundreds of shops seduce you with designer bags, watches and one-kilogram bars of solid gold.
As grandmas go into palpitating convulsions of disbelief, and all of contemporary society looks down at me from their pedestals of purity, let me just state that I'm not average.
And so there Miss Johnson sat, rigid with disbelief as two of her least subservient students gazed into her watery eyes and grinned wolfishly beneath little lambskin cloaks.
To me a lot seem racist because they like to say Obama's middle name like people are going to fall on the floor in disbelief because they didn't know. Gibbs shoots down 'birthers'
THE phone calls were greeted with either tears of joy or total disbelief. The Sun
My steps faltered as I looked over at him in disbelief.
He turns away from the monitor to look at me in disbelief. "Fucking horseshit.
The coming war took most Europeans by surprise and their initial reaction was disbelief and shock. Times, Sunday Times
The reply from the lassies came from a bloke, naturally, and you could tell his heart wasn't in it by the look of disbelief accompanying his recitation of male idiosyncrasies.
I just have problems suspending my disbelief of unverified conjecture on a universe none of us can see.
After the hard graft of treatment and was over, shock and disbelief revisited and time again. Times, Sunday Times
And with that he shook his head in total disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, like any kind of entertainment, it requires a willing suspension of disbelief to make it work at all.
The denials and expressions of disbelief and even disgust were therefore a bit of a surprise.
My first reaction on discovering the burglary was disbelief, indignation and real sadness.
The news of Speed's death was received with utter disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
Harnak made himself speak calmly, but disbelief and hope warred in him.
I shook my head in disbelief, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I had to do something about my actions, or rather my lack of action.
It is a bizarre tale and the author hits just the right note of horror and disbelief.
Really? and not one point of view is backed up with any substance; the snobbery about the orbit, for example, which is twice so lazily described as wonky, does not shed any light on mr long's objection to the idea or the execution. in fact re-reading this - out of sheer disbelief - i find no real content whatsoever. a terrible article, a terrible journalist. Evening Standard - Home
If you want to suspend disbelief, you probably can.
I really do just watch with a cringing disbelief.
But it was the manner of it which yet again stunned those in the packed stadium with disbelief. The Sun
The reaction to the murders was one of shock and disbelief.
He expresses a disbelief and amazement that such a public and obvious discrimination is not denounced by all. The Sun
Here, the suspension of disbelief is somewhat trickier, because a great deal of Smiley's data on these beasts comes from telepathy, numerology or astrology.
The shock and disbelief you feel is because you sometimes struggle to accept what has happened. Times, Sunday Times
Its thorns latched on and tore holes in our flesh leaving gaps of salty disbelief.
Depending on what aspects of the evidence you choose to stress or underplay, it's not that hard to conclude that belief or disbelief in afterlife is warranted.
Watching the latest batch of fly-on-the-wall police programmes this week, my family sat in disbelief listening to the narration at the end of the show - you know the part where the voice comes on and tells the audience what punishments the dastardly criminals received who were seen arrested during the show. The Revolving Door System. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
If you're prepared to suspend disbelief as regards the terms and conditions of whoring and pimping in downtown Memphis, this film has a lot of charm.
Maggie watched powerless as Kate and Joe headed out into the hall, the surprise and disbelief lingering around her like a wraith. FALLEN WOMEN
It was nothing like that, of course, but it was worth the kick in the shin he got from Tori to see the mixed expression of disgust, disbelief, outrage and scandal on Teague's face - at one and the same time.
My host was unfazed and, before we left, to their delight and disbelief, he presented each of them with a million-dollar note.
It takes staggeringly good writing, assured direction, and note-perfect performances to pull off this kind of thing without leaving the audience laughing in disbelief at the tired contrivance of it all.
His face seemed to dripping with disbelief, rage and sadness all at once.
The shock and disbelief was hard to bear, and we were all overwhelmed with grief.
Githongo was also Kikuyu, which is why his fellow officials were in such disbelief when he went 'off the reservation.' Jake Whitney: Betraying the Tribe: Michela Wrong and the Foundations of African Corruption
Staring in disbelief Kana realized that the flower had withered slowly beneath her touch.
Some of us just stared in disbelief. Christianity Today
In the theatre we willingly suspend disbelief .
Amid widespread disbelief, it had to seek emergency funding and brought in turnaround experts to replace its chairman and chief executive. Times, Sunday Times
Our jurors will have to suspend their disbelief and forget what they have already seen on screen to reach their verdict. The Sun
That should have been 'disbelieve' not 'disbelief' Totally Random Bullcrap
The dominant emotional reaction to the letter was shock and disbelief or anger and indignation.
A look of pure disbelief crossed Shankly'srugged face.
At this point you have to suspend disbelief and take your faith in your hands.
But those who understand the frailties of human nature will find it easier to suspend disbelief, and even sympathise a bit.
She could not even utter a cry of pain, just a short gasp of disbelief.
You would find faith and righteousness arrayed against the forces of darkness and ignorance, tyranny and disbelief.
I listened to his adventure with a mixture of amusement and disbelief.
The straight-talker pulled out a stage catsuit, looked at him in disbelief and said: ‘Rob, you don't honestly wear this, do you?’
The fact that Renee would wear skimpy, lacy underwear clearly visible underneath her oversized, gaping overalls should have indicated to my brother and me that a personal partnership was also forming, but when Mel left me and Renee suddenly sabotaged her marriage to my brother to be with Mel, Brother and I were left idiotically scratching our heads in disbelief. Portia de Rossi: My Ex-Husband Stole My Brother's Wife
Joe looked at me in disbelief, nibbled a small portion, then refused a second helping.
Step back and stare in disbelief that you're actually done. No more modular furniture, ever! A photo essay in real time
Helen was speechless, and could only shake her head in disbelief.
Note, A practical disbelief of God's omniscience is at the bottom both of the carnal worships and of the carnal confidences of hypocrites; Ps. xciv. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Civil disobedience is something else entirely, but even Thoreau would have stood in disbelief at what some of these people do. Think Progress » New report finds that right-wing extremist groups have grown 244 percent in the past year.
The anger and disbelief when they then get carried out feet first. Times, Sunday Times
The film version requires greater suspension of disbelief than the book.
They sat there in shock and disbelief.
If you have even the slightest degree of cynicism in your nature, it has moments that will make you howl with derision and disbelief.
Approaching the 1972 trail-blazing "Pong"—a single bouncing bit and two white lines, which replicate a table-tennis match—the visitor may be seized by a feeling of disbelief: Surely people couldn't spend hours playing with that? The Art of the Videogame
His friends sniggered with disbelief when he said was no longer using any drugs at all.
We stood for an hour staring in disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
Nicola screeched in disbelief, loud enough to penetrate Allie's earphones.
We could only watch in disbelief as the car rolled into the water.
The first stage of grief is usually shock and disbelief. The Sun
Two men who had run up the stairs behind me stared in disbelief and shouted to the driver to open the doors. Times, Sunday Times
The businessman was staring in angry disbelief at the glittering computer graphic that hung on the screen before him.
The pose of disbelief is all the more threadbare given the facts on the ground in Iraq after more than three months of US military occupation.
She came back to find the girl cutting herself, arms and legs, while I watched on in stupefied disbelief. "The morning light shows water in the valley."
It requires that the viewer exhibit a fair amount of willing suspension of disbelief, but buying into the essential premise is more than half the battle.
But, above all, they will look on with a mixture of pity and disbelief at the poor people who still insist on living in this inhospitable territory.
I can suspend my disbelief for men who unsheathe adamantium claws through their knuckles and aliens who spit acid and Tina Fey as a frumpy mess with no sex appeal well, I have trouble with that last one. Washington is bad at scheming
Steady, deary me," the Liverpool manager said, as he headed down the corridor with a look of disbelief on his face. Dalglish not ready to class Carroll and Suárez among Liverpool greats
There had been the natural initial shock of disbelief at hearing of the unexpected death of any person even casually known.
I could see him yet, could see the anger dying in his eyes, the disbelief, the astonishment, the emotionless mask. THE LONELY SEA
In this example, the counterfactual is not sufficient to stretch the suspension of disbelief. Archive 2006-07-01
I went home in a fog of disbelief.
A murmur of disbelief spread through the room, but quieted when she spoke again.
As opposition MPs scrambled to fill the power vacuum, there was weary disbelief on the streets rather than jubilation. Times, Sunday Times
His right eyebrow shot up as his face crumpled up in disbelief.
Her first reaction to winning the award was disbelief.
As I motioned him ahead he looked at me with disbelief then lunged forward.
Surprise and disbelief was writ on the faces of many of the members, as they could hardly believe that they had made so much money within a month.
Sid and I stood and watched in disbelief as a second fox lolloped along the same escape route.
Cynthia threw her arms around her husband's neck, in a flush of excitement and disbelief.
Nabokov somehow leaned across the crease and blindly gloved the puck, leaving the former Sharks captain chewing on his mouthpiece in disbelief. USATODAY.com
She could sense his disbelief and excitement at her suggestions, mingling with the smell of his blood, adding a sharp tang much like a spice on food.
Concern for their disbelief, the dishonesty of western leaders and the way in which the mass media has everyone in an unmerciful grip.
The men are in disbelief: 'Why this is a civilized country! Times, Sunday Times
The stink of gasoline filled the air and the Prophet's eyes widened in shocked disbelief.
I watched him in disbelief for my master was usually keen to observe the finest etiquette at table.
My assertion that it was in fact a kaftan was met with disbelief and horror. Times, Sunday Times
I have to admit that I like certain fanciful ideas, and some of these I sort of entertain with just a little more than fictive suspension of disbelief for the sake of a good story, despite their being rather more mystical than my materialist instincts. THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART ONE
The only time a look of disbelief crosses his face is when a museum attendant shows off his favourite painting. Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes darted to him quickly, her gaze showing her undisguised disbelief.
Athlete tests positive, athlete feigns disbelief and incredulity and throws questions in every direction.
(And disbelief does not get willingly suspended when she declares, twice, that this book is "like nothing else Laxness ever wrote," considering that he produced some sixty novels, most of them as yet untranslated from the Icelandic.) 'Notes on Susan': An Exchange

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