GULLIBLE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for GULLIBLE, such as:

1. The swindlers had roped into a number of gullible persons.
2. She was gullible and trusting, an easy victim for the first swindler who came along.
3. While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
4. This time, unlike gullible investors during the 1920s, the big losers would be taxpayers, who never had the choice of not playing.

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 Meanings and Examples of GULLIBLE
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gullible
 a.  easily deceived or cheated; easily tricked because of being too trusting
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Example Sentence:
1  This time, unlike gullible investors during the 1920s, the big losers would be taxpayers, who never had the choice of not playing.
2  While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
3  She was gullible and trusting, an easy victim for the first swindler who came along.
4  The swindlers had roped into a number of gullible persons.