Sentence examples for believable only from inspiring English sources

The rest of the story is believable only because it really happened.

His proclamation that the economy was at a "virtual standstill" is believable only if you adopt Mr. Romney's denial of stark reality.

But excerpting it without qualification, or without a convincing explanation of why Andrea's detailed memories of events that happened many years ago are believable, only undercuts its credibility.

Mr. Bush's claims last night about how well the war is going are believable only if you use Pentagon numbers so obviously cooked that they call to mind the way Americans were duped into first supporting this war.

When Susy asks her to do something dangerous, her delighted reaction is not only believable, but also introduces some much-needed humor.

Several speakers described model projects in progress, which try to make evolution not only believable but also quite real to students at every level.

And the Vicomte de Valmont, while philandering with a vengeance (or without, no matter to him), maintains a modicum of humanity, which makes his ultimate breakdown not only believable but, on some minimal level, touching.

At the centre of this evolution is Michael Fassbender, who achieves the extraordinary feat of making Jobs not only believable but tolerable, breathing life into a character less able to mimic human responses than his misfiring machines.

More often than not, though, Burnard's painstaking focus on seemingly mundane details makes the events that shape her characters' lives not only believable but also somehow bigger than the moment, universally true.

According to The Boston Globe, "Peter Sarsgaard ... makes the killer's terrible trajectory not only believable, but grounded in the most mundane clodhopper behavior.

Briana Lawrence from the Fandom Post shared similar feelings as "They [the staff] somehow managed to give a silent protagonist a personality that's not only believable, but likable".