Innocuous as this might sound, it was viewed skeptically by some here.
Developed around the turn of the century and initially used to detect submarines in World War I, sonar technology was viewed skeptically by obstetricians until 1958, when a Scottish doctor used it to identify a large, easily removable cyst in the stomach of a woman who was thought to have terminal cancer.
That affirmation of virtue was viewed skeptically by Republicans who said the state deserved better.
These changes were meant to ease things for a frontrunner who was viewed skeptically by the grassroots.
Within the White House, the matter was viewed skeptically, and Trump, Bannon, Priebus and McGahn for several days remained among the few people briefed, they said.
Mr. Odinga was viewed skeptically by some in Washington because of his flamboyant manner and his background: he was educated in East Germany and named his son after Fidel Castro.
The move by Grassley and Graham was viewed skeptically by some Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, as well as experts in criminal law.
That attitude irritated many officials in the White House, who believed that the president's promotion of democracy was viewed skeptically inside the agency.
Michael Stapleton, a former police officer who was working on the tactical patrol force at the time, recalled how Brandy was viewed skeptically until she detected explosives on a plane at Kennedy Airport.
Mrs. Clinton's advocacy of stronger gun restrictions was viewed skeptically by some during the Democratic primary campaign because it was one issue where she could get to the left of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who had opposed some gun control measures as a member of the House.
The day after former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri was killed in a bomb blast, she withdrew the U.S. ambassador from Syria and suggested additional sanctions might be taken under the Syrian Accountability Act -- a law that was viewed skeptically in Powell's State Department.
