DOUBT in a Sentence

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No doubt it appeared to you to be a mere trampled line of slush, but to my trained eyes every mark upon its surface had a meaning.

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 Meanings and Examples of DOUBT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
doubt
 n.  not being certain about something, especially about how good or true it is
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin," he observed.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Still I had had such extraordinary evidence of the quickness of his perceptive faculties, that I had no doubt that he could see a great deal which was hidden from me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  There could be no doubt that that circlet of plain gold had once adorned the finger of a bride.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
4  Ah, that was a more daring shot, though I have no doubt that I was right.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
5  He was talking all the while, and working himself up, no doubt, into a fury.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
6  I remembered how he had sniffed his lips, and had no doubt that he had detected something which had given rise to the idea.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
7  He saw that he was followed, no doubt, and used this means of giving me the slip.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
8  The Socialists had many branches in America, and the deceased had, no doubt, infringed their unwritten laws, and been tracked down by them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
9  The Daily News observed that there was no doubt as to the crime being a political one.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
10  'No doubt you are the gentleman whom he was expecting, they said.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
11  "Not a doubt of that," said Holmes heartily.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
12  No doubt it appeared to you to be a mere trampled line of slush, but to my trained eyes every mark upon its surface had a meaning.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
13  By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
14  As for the lemonade, she assumed, without a flicker of doubt, that Jane the kitchenmaid would follow after.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
15  But somewhere, this cloud, this crust, this doubt, this dust--She waited for a rhyme, it failed her; but somewhere surely one sun would shine and all, without a doubt, would be clear.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
Example Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
16  Without a doubt, she's the strongest candidate we've interviewed for the post.
17  This leaves no doubt as to the universal and abiding significance of the Kingdom concept.
18  I doubt the wisdom of his conduct.
19  Of course the ultimate responsibility for the present conflict without doubt lies with the aggressor.
20  Whether he will continue to be successful in future is open to doubt.
21  I doubt if I have a single drop of aristocratic blood in my veins.
22  There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived.
23  There is an element of doubt as to whether the deaths were accidental.
24  The prosecution was able to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the woman had been lying.
25  The prosecution's task in a case is to establish a person's guilt beyond any reasonable doubt.
26  If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
27  There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too distant future.
28  We have established beyond all reasonable doubt that the painting was indeed by Rembrandt.
29  Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.
30  Even assuming that smokers do see the health warnings, I doubt they'll take any notice.