On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Credulous. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as credible or naive and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Credulous meaning
- Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
- Believed too readily.
Synonyms of Credulous
Using Credulous
- The main meaning on this page is: Excessively ready to believe things; gullible. | Believed too readily.
- Useful related words include: credible, naive, naif, overcredulous.
- In the example corpus, credulous often appears in combinations such as: and credulous.
Context around Credulous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Credulous
- In this selection, "credulous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, overly, embarrassingly, remain, media, mainstream and piece stand out and add context to how "credulous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ago a credulous american journalistic and also being credulous buying their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "credulous" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with credulous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The brain is a credulous piece of meat; but there are limits to self-delusion. (15 words)
It’s certainly true that at times Sanders has been embarrassingly credulous about communist regimes. (15 words)
Despite Smollett’s hoax attack, we must remain credulous of possible hate crimes to stay proactive in countering these threats. (20 words)
When one adds to this Trump's use of a supposedly presidential, but actually partisan, event at Mount Rushmore to further divide our country and imperil the health of his credulous followers, only one conclusion can be drawn. (38 words)
Drake counters: With such deft strokes, Gibbon enters into a conspiracy with his readers: unlike the credulous masses, he and we are cosmopolitans who know the uses of religion as an instrument of social control. (35 words)
These missives from conservatives sometimes lead to overly credulous mainstream media framing that claims the right aims to rein in the FBI or otherwise curtail the overall power of federal law enforcement. (32 words)
Example sentences (15)
One X user said: “The idea that anti-trans laws are popular is a mirage created by noisy bigots and credulous media.
These missives from conservatives sometimes lead to overly credulous mainstream media framing that claims the right aims to rein in the FBI or otherwise curtail the overall power of federal law enforcement.
The brain is a credulous piece of meat; but there are limits to self-delusion.
In recent decades, both right- and left-leaning leaders have imposed a range of economic follies on credulous voters, and often exacerbated ethnic, social and political tensions.
It’s certainly true that at times Sanders has been embarrassingly credulous about communist regimes.
When one adds to this Trump's use of a supposedly presidential, but actually partisan, event at Mount Rushmore to further divide our country and imperil the health of his credulous followers, only one conclusion can be drawn.
Biddable and credulous Nigerians wants to be saints but are not ready to die yet there is no living saint, not even the Pope.
Despite Smollett’s hoax attack, we must remain credulous of possible hate crimes to stay proactive in countering these threats.
Regardless of his image among credulous true believers, Trump, character-wise, is the diametric opposite of the image he conveys as a titan of supreme self-confidence.
All of this would very possibly have been a lie, but it would have been a plausible one that might even have melted some credulous hearts.
And just 15 years ago, a credulous American journalistic community heeded batteries of “experts” and government officials who misled the public about Iraq or got it utterly wrong.
You are also being credulous, buying their false premise enough to challenge them, as if it were the real motive.
Drake counters: With such deft strokes, Gibbon enters into a conspiracy with his readers: unlike the credulous masses, he and we are cosmopolitans who know the uses of religion as an instrument of social control.
K. Paul, Trench, Trübner. pp. 8-9 Trevor H. Hall an ex-member of the Society for Psychical Research criticized SPR members as "credulous and obsessive wish..
Someone who does not realize that Christian doctrine is inherently doubtful and that there can be no objective certainty about its truth does not have faith but is merely credulous.
Common combinations with credulous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: