How do you use Skeptical in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like sceptical or disbelieving, plus the exact meaning.
Skeptical meaning
- Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
- Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics.
Synonyms of Skeptical
Using Skeptical
- The main meaning on this page is: Having, or expressing doubt; questioning. | Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics.
- Useful related words include: sceptical, disbelieving, unbelieving, incredulous.
- In the example corpus, skeptical often appears in combinations such as: skeptical of, skeptical about, are skeptical.
Context around Skeptical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skeptical
- In this selection, "skeptical" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, remain, grew, toward, netflix and scientific stand out and add context to how "skeptical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and even skeptical toward reason and be skeptical if it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skeptical" sits close to words such as elephant, faction and loading, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skeptical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Be skeptical—if it sounds too good to be true, it likely is. (13 words)
And, after decades of talk, some are skeptical the airport will move forward at all. (15 words)
And Portuguese detectives have long been skeptical about the German probe's chances of success. (15 words)
Although expanding sales is likely the company's goal in light of the agreements I've discussed, I am skeptical about its viability given its mounting cash outflow, particularly regarding its cost of goods sold, which directly affects revenue. (39 words)
And even if these programs are more potent than my skeptical scientific self easily allows, how can we reach families in the kinds of numbers that could really move the needle on healthy, stable families more broadly? (37 words)
As generative AI text and video become more common — and increasingly difficult to discern as the generated content appears more plausible — there’s also a concern that voters will become more skeptical about all content AI generates. (37 words)
And even if these programs are more potent than my skeptical scientific self easily allows, how can we reach families in the kinds of numbers that could really move the needle on healthy, stable families more broadly? (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The difference is that New York sportswriters were skeptical of Steinbrenner’s stories, but Republican leaders are not, or pretend not to be, skeptical of Trump’s lies.
Some, like Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Rorty, are skeptical about subject-centred, universal, or instrumental reason, and even skeptical toward reason as a whole.
Aaron Boone has repeatedly said Pereira’s at-bats have been better than his production, but scouts remain skeptical.
After what happened with the Shyamalan movie, fans have been skeptical Netflix will get it right, and it didn't help matters when the creators of the original show departed the project.
Although expanding sales is likely the company's goal in light of the agreements I've discussed, I am skeptical about its viability given its mounting cash outflow, particularly regarding its cost of goods sold, which directly affects revenue.
And, after decades of talk, some are skeptical the airport will move forward at all.
And even if these programs are more potent than my skeptical scientific self easily allows, how can we reach families in the kinds of numbers that could really move the needle on healthy, stable families more broadly?
And I think he was also skeptical at the beginning, but I think has come around to come to believe that this really did happen.
And Ms. Child’s longtime producer that he was wrongly shown as skeptical about her first cooking program — a barrier-breaking success for a woman on television in the 1960s.
And Portuguese detectives have long been skeptical about the German probe's chances of success.
And while its plot could easily hook even the most skeptical viewers, the film’s art style is much more divisive.
As a matter of fact, I'm not the only one that's skeptical about Amazon's near-term AI prospects.
As a result, many investors grew skeptical about AT&T management's ability to execute on their plans.
As Bo-Katan dives down to save Mando, her skeptical outlook on the Mandalorian creed gets tested big time, when she runs into an actual monster down in the dark depths.
As generative AI text and video become more common — and increasingly difficult to discern as the generated content appears more plausible — there’s also a concern that voters will become more skeptical about all content AI generates.
Assuming these movies are actually happening—I am skeptical—these woke lunatics are going to bring back the dullest, least interesting, least charismatic character imaginable.
At Johnson’s interview, the principal was skeptical of the young man, then with dreadlocks, who had never stood in front of a classroom before.
At the least, the idea will probably get a lot more skeptical look in rural America than it got Monday at the Adler Theatre.
At the start of this episode, Joel and Ellie invade the remote cabin of an old Indigenous couple, Marlon (Graham Greene) and Florence (Elaine Miles), who are skeptical about their prospects in Wyoming.
Be skeptical—if it sounds too good to be true, it likely is.
Common combinations with skeptical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- skeptical of 48×
- skeptical about 31×
- are skeptical 24×
- skeptical that 22×
- was skeptical 20×
- be skeptical 15×
- is skeptical 13×
- were skeptical 10×
- remain skeptical 9×
- been skeptical 9×