How To Use Doubt In A Sentence

The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
I don't doubt a lot of signaling is going on but suspect even more mis-signaling. Tyler May Not Agree With Me On Education, But His Inner Economist Does, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Week two, however, was just a killer and has me doubting the talent in a lot of areas that I thought were all set.
No doubt a couple of sleazoids will appear, maybe even a saboteur.
I must give one instance; he throws doubts and sneers at my saying that the ovigerous frena of cirripedes have been converted into branchiae, because I have not found them to be branchiae; whereas he himself admits, before I wrote on cirripedes, without the least hesitation, that their organs are branchiae. Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences

The Canadian police doubted he was a genuine amnesiac and held him on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.
No doubt all this is relatively important in its way, but I can't bring myself to get very interested in it.
There is no doubt that unnecessary complexity can stifle growth. Times, Sunday Times
Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
Fans of bibliographies will no doubt linger over page 5 of the guidebook which lists the 17 bibliographies published by the library itself.
Ministers have spent nearly 500million stockpiling the antiviral drug in case of a deadly epidemic but there are doubts it is effective. The Sun
Doubtless his friends and family were working on his behalf and might well be involved with Peggy Say's campaign.
I doubt that Michelle Obama was surprised or dismayed by the boos at the Nascar rally: it's not surprising that the national doubtfulness about first ladies and the strong, accomplished women who are coming to hold the role would emerge in boos from some of the Obama administration's fiercest opponents. Michelle Obama's Nascar boos | Kay Dilday
I currently am in doubtful mode, but I am willing to see what comes of this mixture. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 Gets Ready To SAW Audiences In October – Collider.com
But I doubt anything will compare to the light and clever touch she displays in CCF! Stella Gibbons's novel Cold Comfort Farm is a masterpiece
Listening to this intense young man, there is little doubt he has done things the hard way; no favours doled out and none asked for.
She has great influence with the manager and could no doubt help you.
This lapidation has sometimes been doubted, and treated as an invention of Rousseau's morbid suspicion. Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2)
I went into the office to find the offender, and saw a worried woman crumpled in a chair in the corner, wearing a look of weariness and doubt.
There is no doubt that they were sincere in their belief that their patients would benefit from their involvement.
In her dying depositions she accused Osio of having pushed her in; and there seems little doubt that he did so; for while she was struggling in the water, he disengaged his harquebuss from his mantle and struck her several blows upon the head and hands. Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction
No doubt some of these are metrosexuals, those city-dwelling gents with more than enough disposable income to spend on clothes, restaurants, the latest gadgets, exotic holidays and eyebrow waxing.
There is no doubt the fund management industry does not always work in the interests of investors. Times, Sunday Times
Doubts have arisen over the viability of the schedule.
There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place.
If the government wants to regionalise Britain, which I have doubts about, they should say so.
He continued he'd no doubt she would make an excellent councillor for the Ward 3 area and he had great pleasure in proposing her for the seat.
Most people have no doubt that they are a money spinner and in some part of the country they are being pulled down.
Most had fresh bruises, which he himself no doubt had inflicted, and looked to be even easier pushovers than before.
My guess would be that her headmaster born in the late 16th century, no doubt, when men were men and rules were rules rapped her on her noggin for inelegance at some crucial point in her development, and voilà! Author! Author! » 2010 » March
No doubt we can admire the architectonic structure of these systems aesthetically, as we would un chef-d'oeuvre de l'art. METAPHYSICAL IMAGINATION
Ten of his team are definitely travelling but there are doubts about the other two.
`Distinguished Chinese visitors, with whom you will no doubt share your repast. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
Wisconsin amassed 311 yards and a 17-0 lead in the first half, leaving little doubt that Alvarez would get to celebrate another big win. USATODAY.com
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt.
The biographer must always be doubted, cross-questioned, read between the lines.
There is no doubt that the voters wanted to shake up the status quo and they have done this by creating what is almost a hung parliament.
This column will doubtless attract accusations of self-indulgence, although you might equally contest that having demanded that my photograph appear at the top of the page and that my name appear in capitals and bold type, that particular ship has sailed. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
It is doubtful if he realized that a parasol is a purely feminine adjunct; -- although the Mistress always declared he did. Further Adventures of Lad
Lack of experience leads to doubt which forms one of the five hindrances.
The prosecution's task in a case is to establish a person's guilt beyond any reasonable doubt.
"Without a doubt," I said, "You're the most beautiful dip I've ever encountered."
There is no doubt about who is buying. Times, Sunday Times
‘Oh, I think the music's great,’ responded our darling son in a replay, no doubt, of father-son conversations taking place all over the world.
I doubt bed's the best place for 'un, an' gude 'ot drink. Complete Plays of John Galsworthy
His subsequent report threw doubt on the conviction of all ten and led to the cases being reviewed. Times, Sunday Times
The value of all this free promotion is incalculable, which is no doubt why so many Republicans are using politics as merely a way to cash in big time as nothing more than entertainers. Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Weiner Roast
A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt. Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
He is out there somewhere, lurking in the shadows of the underworld and, I do not doubt, burning for revenge. LION IN THE VALLEY
The tax raised in the process was no doubt appealing as well. Times, Sunday Times
It had to sow some doubt in his mind. The Sun
It is easy to see religious motivations here in terms of imperatives to care for the unfortunate; 'almsgiving' is undoubtedly a strong theme in most faith traditions. New Perspectives on Faith and Development
The last vestiges of doubt were erased in little more than a nanosecond. Times, Sunday Times
Which is why, no doubt, the most readable biographies have invariably been works of great scholarship as well.
He is like the showy orchis, or the lady's-slipper, or the shooting star among plants, -- a stranger to all but the few; and when an American poet says cuckoo, he must say it with such specifications as to leave no doubt what cuckoo he means, as Lowell does in his "Nightingale in the Study:" -- The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
No doubt if I'd been friendlier to you in the past you'd have responded differently. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
The buffalo clover found in the western part of this State, and common still farther westward, is the only undoubtedly native variety we possess. Rural Hours
The future of the referendum was in doubt last night as the Tánaiste signalled it would not go ahead without broad support.
The challenge now is to convert the doubters into believers.
There were still flowers in plenty, pink campion, toadflax, small blue scabious, honeysuckle, and six-inch mushrooms, inedible no doubt, but the blackberries were ripe and juicy enough to quench thirst.
They acted like some surreptitious athletics officials who could not wait to be the first to give the media a scoop and doubtless court future favour as a reward.
There was no doubt that there was a shortage of dan grades, but dan grades of the standard of the Hut took men of a certain calibre and a long time. Aikido in the UK – the Beginning « English Lesson Plans « Free Lesson Plans « Literacy News
We have no doubt of his ability.
Elected officials, he lectured, should not speak unthinkingly, but rather, when doubts exist, keep silent.
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There should be little doubt that these men personally believed much of the racist arguments they delivered, but it may be overstating the case somewhat to suggest that all other concerns were nugatory.
A shame since it includes the weapons, sabotage devices and other inventions which undoubtedly frustrated the German forces.
I don't doubt that he will help me.
In November 1875, Sir Frederick Evans, newly appointed hydrographer of the British Navy, ordered 123 doubtful islands banished from Admiralty Chart 2683 of the Pacific Ocean. A Furnace Afloat
In truth, though, Oxford did not produce the hockey they are no doubt capable of in the second period.
He is as slippery as they come; a quality that has doubtless helped him to survive the controversies that have dogged his political career. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, even today, I doubt my parents would spend money on items they would consider frivolous and useless.
There's no doubt that this support has come from the middle class Labour vote.
No doubt, you have been very impressed indeed, by my unrivalled abilities in prediction.
Our woodcut is taken from the improved model produced by Mr. Stokey; no doubt Mr. Rarey took the idea of his gag-bit from the wooden gag, which has been in use among country farriers from time immemorial, to keep a horse's mouth while they are performing the cruel and useless operation of firing for lampas. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid
This ought to have been fine - if Phaethon had not been like a rock-star's child with a new red Ferrari, scorching off the track, shrivelling crops, turning forest to desert, doubtless melting ice-caps if the Greeks had known about ice-caps, and only stopping when Zeus called a halt with a well-aimed world-saving thunderbolt. Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG:
Swimming with seals or sea lions is undoubtedly the most fun you can have with a wild animal. Times, Sunday Times
No doubt from then on my route wasn't as straight or as accurate as earlier, but at least I was moving.
Look at a stone cutter hitting at the rock. Nothing happens at first, but after many strikes, the rocks eventually cracks. In life, don't doubt. Keep at it and it will happen. RVM
If the people of our charge must ` teach and admonish and exhort each other daily, 'no doubt teachers may do it to one another, without any super-eminency of power or degree. The Reformed Pastor
Doubt he tried to clean up there afterwards - not with all that ticker tape on the floor. The Sun
There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.
That which seemeth to me most likelie, I haue noted, beseeching the learned (as I trust they will) in such points of doubtfull antiquities to beare with my skill: sith for ought I know, the matter is not yet decided among the learned, but still they are in controuersie about it, and as yet Sub iudice lis est. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror
An unostentatiously devout man, that is where he would, in different circumstances, undoubtedly have been. DARE CALL IT TREASON
I very much doubt Wales would take quite as long as Ireland did in adopting a sensible fiscal policy. The £6bn lie
A passive-aggressiveness marches through it: On one hand, Capitol doubts its salability and keeps it off the market; on the other, the label constantly attempts to justify its importance by hailing every burp and burble emanating from the recording booth. Pet Sounds : It's Not Rock 'n' Roll, But We Like It
No doubt Mr Mutley is well aquatinted with the way dogs mate, having mounted the lady dog the chap dog turns around and then they commence to perform the filthy act facing away from each other, having smelt pedigree chum on a dogs breath I cant say that I blame them. Double Jeopardy
An independent appeal panel cleared her in July 1995 after doubt was cast as to the accuracy of the tests carried out.
Doubtless the series will spark a rush of transsexuality-centred reality shows that, given the ready and infinite corruptibility of the form, will lose within a year all vestige of the charm of the original and become as mainstream, dreary and degrading to everyone concerned as its other reality brethren. TV review: My Transsexual Summer; Sorority Girls; and Imagine … Simon and Garfunkel: the Harmony Game
Playoff teams qualify for the first leg in France is undoubtedly the most critical road game.
Recent events throw doubt on the president's political future.
Restarauteurs and cinema chains have an annoying habit of filling a glass half with Coke and half with ice, no doubt to make it go further.
It has deservedly won the best picture Golden Globe and will no doubt inspire a new generation to read Virginia Woolf.
Doubtless many have written in to point this out, but "nork" is in Australia a slang term for the female breast (as in "nice norks"). The Corner
I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920
I would doubt that, because it's a much more seclusive country than Iran. CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2009
He congratulated both teams for a fine game and no doubt that under-age development is certainly crucial to both clubs.
But the organist made his profession clear by explaining that the committee had just invited him to oblige the company with a solo on the piano, but that he had been hitting the champagne so hard that he doubted if he could tell the keys from the pedals, and he added that if they'd excuse him he would go to sleep, which he immediately did with his head on the shoulder of the lady recitationist, who tactfully tried not to notice that he was there. Cinderella And Other Stories
A friend, he explained, had promised to meet him in that place; and though the shopwoman plainly doubted his veracity, and kept a sharp eye that he did not take to his heels with the cairngorm, she did not go so far as to suggest his removing himself from the zone of temptation. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story
Unfortunately I doubt the students know who Ezra Levant is and the vice-principal probably never gave them a chance to defend their shirts. The Volokh Conspiracy » Discourteous to Wear American Flag Images on Cinco de Mayo?
No doubt every cowboy car clamper is eagerly applying for one of these licences. The Sun
As I have already mentioned, I doubt that we will able to raise all the money we need.
This, which has been called the ostracism of a saintly genius, undoubtedly was due to his former friends, Ward and Manning. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
The prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of the crime.
Being in critique croups and entering contests and getting rejections often makes me doubt my writing. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » New Year’s Resolutions
I am quite an abrasive player who can offer certain necessary things we need to put a spanner in their works and doubts in their minds. The Sun
What is undoubted, however, is that the film's subject is well chosen.
I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
No doubt trying for an audience with Gabriel Androctusa chance to grovel and bootlick his way into squirehood. Virginity
Work that is less inflected than Marasela's may elicit the same doubt.
It was basically a selfish act, though no doubt a sophist would argue that it was done for the general good.
Security sources said there is little doubt that the hit was carried out by the LVF.
After being a supernumerary for twelve years, M. Popinot would no doubt die a puisne judge of the Court of the Seine. The Commission in Lunacy
That the islands are still an agreeable place to live is not in doubt, despite US claims that resettlement is unfeasible.
No doubt that news will be received with considerable mirth in gyms throughout Britain. The Sun
I somehow doubt whether things would have come so far, so fast if Sir Tim or CERN had tried to make money from this whizzo Web idea. The Free Web: 15 Years Old Today
Many would no doubt take issue with me on that simple assertion, citing personal reasons why it is not so.
Louis Jordan, a historian with a strong interest in numismatic issues, has written what is undoubtedly the definitive history of Massachusetts' seventeenth-century mint.
How long they get away with it depends on how long they can sow confusion and doubt.
On a smooth track the hard-top S4 handles beautifully, and I have no doubt the cabrio would be similarly impressive, but the price you pay for this is too high and not necessary.
Whether royal servants consistently made fortunes from fees and peculation seems doubtful.
She cast doubt on this news.
His ego was impervious to self-doubt.
There was no possible shadow of doubt about this. Times, Sunday Times
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics.
Cases we have examined have undoubtedly shown this condition of osteoplastic periostitis, the rarefactive and osteoplastic changes in the bone itself, met with in older cases, occurring no doubt as a result of non-expansion of the horny box. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
Anyone who's experienced a slow and miserable house purchase or sale, or has been gazumped, will no doubt believe there must be a better process.
He said he had no doubt that the additional guarantees inherent in that standard will further consolidate the market position of quality-assured eggs.
This proves without a shadow of doubt that we were right.
It would also have turned an already peaky engine into a serious screamer and would have undoubtedly have required shorter gearing to make it work.
The highlight of spring migration is without a doubt the return to northern climes of dazzlingly-colored warblers, flycatchers, and tanagers.
I doubt whether the Scots, going it alone, would have developed the same ruthless instinct for self-preservation.
Mr Greenspan is famously hard to interpret, and the motivation for his rate cut will no doubt remain unclear for now.
The evidence was clear, and there was little room for doubt.
That's an extreme view, but things have undoubtedly become more bothersome for the trade.
For this cause also God has banished from His presence him who did of his own accord stealthily sow the tares, that is, him who brought about the transgression; [4433] but He took compassion upon man, who, through want of care no doubt, but still wickedly [on the part of another], became involved in disobedience; and ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison. Jonathan Swift
It is also well known that men lie somewhat differently to women, doubtless for sound reasons of evolutionary biology. Times, Sunday Times
So ended the memorable 14th of August: it will be, doubtless, remembered by many with far from pleasant feelings; and some who have been "gulled" in England may thank Mr. Petersen that a carrier-pigeon freighted with a cock-and-bull story of blood, fire, wreck, and murder, was not despatched on that memorable day. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51
If this book bears the imprimatur of one person above any other, it is undoubtedly hers.
No doubt this will be reported as the latest example of race hatred in a racially torn community.
A Munnings horse on the other hand has a lot of the stable about it - a lot of knowledge, no doubt, and a lot to attract others who know their hacks, hunters and ponies.
Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomtited; for the water of life's fountain springeth from a gloom bed.
MacGregor --- I carena wha kens it --- And Rob had soon a gallant band; and as it grieved him (he said) to see sic hership and waste and depredation to the south o 'the Hieland line, why, if ony heritor or farmer wad pay him four punds Scots out of each hundred punds of valued rent, whilk was doubtless a moderate consideration, Rob engaged to keep them scaithless; Rob Roy
Some claims for its benefits remain doubtful. Times, Sunday Times
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom.
I have not the slightest shadow of doubt about that.
It was a visitation, I have not the slightest doubt about that.
But a spate of scientific studies has raised doubts about artificial sweeteners.
He said he had never had any doubts about going through the transplant procedure, which had not caused him any after-effects.
The ships were undoubtedly troop transports and were less than six hours away from the planet at mark five.
Grant us a sense of confidence and certitude that challenges all doubt and disappointment.
Up to 1956 there were doubts as to whether deposits for fixed periods and deposits repayable at a minimum notice could, thus, be garnished.
Some, no doubt, find this pretentious old cobblers. Times, Sunday Times
The Sarsfields however will be hoping to meet the challenge head on and they will be looking for a big support to cheer them on for what is undoubtedly their biggest game of the year.
There was no possible shadow of doubt about this. Times, Sunday Times
On the contrary, there is a vast shadow of melancholy, a painful sadness, doubt and cross-purpose, boldness at one moment and timidity at the next, a longing for solitude. Half a Rogue
Certainly, few entomologists doubt that the amazingly intricate structure of moths' antennae are specific pheromone detectors.
No doubt it was a woman who put the first ruched curtain up in an Ice Age cave. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
A leaning toward chemistry and chemical engineering was no doubt kindled in some way by a Mickey Mouse comic strip.
Perhaps it comes down to a pathological lack of self-doubt and a gift for lending that trait to others, at least for a while. Times, Sunday Times
No doubt, the intention of the landowner throughout is to hold a market monthly on these Saturdays.
There is no doubt that a lattice does exist, and mesenchymal cells certainly line up along it.
There was no doubt that he was a fine scholar.
The Church wishes to be certain that all its children are baptized; so when there is any doubt about the first Baptism, it baptizes again conditionally, that is, the priest says in giving the Baptism over again: If you are not baptized already, I baptize you now. Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine
Now we've got the peace folk coming I have no doubt it will scupper the whole thing.
She is without a doubt the best tennis player I know.
He replied by the term invariably used by the Spaniards when they see doubt or distrust exhibited. The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
However, I haven't seen any 'hunks' yet and i seriously doubt I will see any in nursing! Overthefence Diary Entry
He's never lied to me before, so I have no reason to doubt his word.
Willy-nilly and no doubt unwillingly, he is then drawn into the fight; in an instant the man in the middle has become the man in a muddle and nothing at all has been achieved.
The influence of overseas players in England has undoubtedly played a part.
And the owner of the property was no doubt a scallywag, trying to defraud the lessee of his money, and threatening to ‘throw [his] things on the street’.
The print revolution undoubtedly had an important impact on folk culture, through, for example, the mass printing of chapbooks, ballads, almanacs, and cheap abbreviated novels, not to mention religious literature.
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This turns biography into hagiography: the subject isn't a mere artist working through his aesthetic ideas, he's Christ among the doubters and Pharisees.
Rocket Docket Rudolph was pushing the Steere case through on greased skids; Marta doubted even a murder in the office would slow him down. ROUGH JUSTICE
We do not relish the idea of going through another inquest, and no doubt neither does anyone else involved.
There is no doubt that Zbo played on Modigliani's illness to excite sympathy in a way which the artist did not appreciate.
Although the final result was in doubt up to the closing moments of the game.
Some, however, doubt that a minimum five-year jail term will deter hardened criminals.
But if in doubt, your doc won't tell you off for checking. The Sun
Ruby's overanalytical, fast-paced and authentic narration will win over new devotees, while her loyal fans will no doubt hope for more. E. Lockhart's Blog:
Mr Cronje said offloading delays were in the order of 60 hours and factories were "doubtlessly" experiencing problems in getting materials. ANC Daily News Briefing
The house captain had serious doubts about my acting ability and my vocal range. Seminary Boy
At first she gave them the benefit of the doubt. Spitfire Women of World War II
Doubtless, the bookies will be rubbing their hands with glee no matter what lands the big prize.
That he is a superior instrumentalist, a thoughtful musician, a questing spirit, and a great charmer, no one doubts.
There are factors, however, that have cast doubt on the statue's authenticity.
There is no doubt that the appropriately skilled addressee of the Patent would have known about degeneracy.
I also must report that I've visited France and no doubt succumbed to certain attempts to propagandize me.
I recall considering grabbing the gutter on the roof edge as it rose past me, but doubted it would do much but slow me for an instant and pull me off balance.
Recent signings will undoubtedly provide extra strength and depth but Warne will always remain the key man.
In fact, I doubt that the nice distinction which Mr Mostyn sought to draw will be capable of identification in most cases.
It is doubtful whether the government will ever accede to the nationalists' demands for independence.
European Powers is exhausted on Poland, and that neither pity nor shame will induce them to break a thankless neutrality, here; but in the face of all barely probable contingencies, I doubt no more of the ultimate result, than I doubt of the ultimate performance of the justice of God. Border and Bastille
He was often touched by doubt .
No one doubts, however, that it does maintain covert agents and does use monetary pay-offs to gain influence in the country.
With the no-doubt unintended effect of suggesting that Wallace's menace and ensuing mayhem might, in hindsight, be laughed-off like a good-ol'-boy joke, "George Wallace: Settin 'the Woods on Fire" takes part of its title, and its misguided musical leitmotif from a wacky, Hank Williams party-hearty song. Film/Television: Lost Highways
But Khadr's treatment in prison is undoubtedly a mitigating factor in sentencing as well. Daphne Eviatar: Judge Hides Evidence of Torture from Gitmo Jury

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