Sentence examples for doubtful characters from inspiring English sources

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A number of doubtful characters have grown mustaches in order to "inspire confidence.' Tells about a mustachiod automobile salesman who inspired enough confidence in a customer to sell him a worthless car.

Under Peña Nieto's watch, a cast of doubtful characters has been freed from jail, including the convicted assassin of a DEA agent, an army general accused of links to narco-traffickers, and a French woman accused of participating in multiple kidnappings.

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But it has not ensured that its decision is enforced, and references to those who allege rape as "dissolute" or "of doubtful character" still appear in court rulings.

Weaver was told by one printer that "we would not knowingly undertake any work of a doubtful character even though it may be a classic", while another asks Weaver, addressed as "Dear Sir", to "exclude some of the paragraphs which others have taken exception to" if they are to print it.

The rapid development of mathematical analysis in the 18th century had not concealed the fact that its underlying concepts not only lacked rigorous definition, but were even (e.g., in the case of differentials and infinitesimals) of doubtful logical character.

Critical biography has had its share of failures: except in skillful hands, criticism clumsily intrudes upon the continuity of a life, or the works of the subject are made to yield doubtful interpretations of character, particularly in the case of literary figures.

So getting a tattoo was a "savage" act – and when a white European chose to get one this indicated something doubtful in their character, especially if it was a woman.

With GoldenEye the first James Bond film to be produced since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Cold War era which Bond was known to inhabit was brought to an end, and therefore it was doubtful whether the character was still relevant in the modern world.

There's always the chance that she's playing a character, although that seems doubtful, because when Lana Del Rey is in character, she really lets you know about it.

Returning to the field, facing opponents skeptical of his character and doubtful of his story, will be another challenge.

But its generic status is doubtful, as it lacks valid diagnostic characters.

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