entertain doubt

Frequency: 4.51.5 per million words

To consider or allow oneself to have a doubt.

doubtVERB + doubt

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Examples (10)

  • A true scientist must be willing to entertain doubt about established theories.
  • For a long time, I never entertained any doubt about his loyalty.
  • If you entertain serious doubts about the project's viability, you must speak up now.
  • She refused to entertain the doubt that her friend might have lied.
  • He had never entertained a single doubt about her innocence until the new evidence emerged.
  • The board will not entertain any doubts regarding the new CEO's competence.
  • Did the jury ever entertain a reasonable doubt during the trial?
  • Entertaining such a doubt would be a betrayal of the trust they placed in us.
  • As a leader, you cannot afford to publicly entertain doubts about your own strategy.
  • Please do not entertain the doubt that you are anything less than fully capable.