Sentence examples for doubtful idea from inspiring English sources

It is always a doubtful idea to make room for four arms on a jacket when nature counts but two.

Such a library, as I imagined it then, "would not kowtow to the doubtful idea of a 'national' literature.

What might have seemed a doubtful idea — the designer of vivid color and pattern draining away that signature exuberance — turned out to be a graceful fashion moment.

Quite apart from the doubtful idea that in Britain posh is the new black, the main reason the latest analogies don't work is that, socially and politically, Britain and America have diverged.To simplify, Britain has not had George Bush.

When that possibility starts to appear doubtful, the idea of joining a division rival that frequently contends for the playoffs and faces the Packers twice a year can be attractive when the money is right, he said.

Summers was equally doubtful of the idea that fairness required the government to bail out every struggling industry.

I am doubtful whether the idea of joining the back of the queue and trying a second time would work.

Though, both of us are fairly doubtful about the idea of Brexit actually happening.

The early days are also when you are most likely to encounter people who are suspicious and doubtful about your ideas; it is then that working in a team of like-minded people is especially valuable.

Famously, he was doubtful of Henri Cartier-Bresson's idea of a fleeting and impromptu "decisive moment".

Piller was doubtful about Berman's idea, reasoning that the audience would not want to see an entire film in which Picard is not the lead starthe character would look like Patrick Stewart but would be different.