Sentence examples for dubious if from inspiring English sources
"dubious if" is a perfectly valid sentence fragment in written English
It is used to express a feeling of uncertainty or skepticism about the truth of a statement. Example: I'm dubious if she'll actually show up to the party.
And all three statements were dubious, if not wrong.
This dubious, if cherished, effect comes from the coal ovens.
The investigation panel reported last year that Liberian planes were involved in the region in dubious, if not illegal, activities.
But it is dubious if a deeply distrusted government can implement reforms that people see as being dictated by foreign governments and banks.
But despite the intelligence and ambition of those involved, the three films they produced were oddly unsatisfactory, including Hitchcock's "Jamaica Inn" (1939), a dubious if commercially successful farrago.
Mr. Saylor was being canonized in the press as a Medici -- for underwriting a dubious, if free, online university -- just as his stockholders fell on his sword.
Leading up to Apple CEO Tim Cook's testimony on his company's dubious-if-legal tax strategies tomorrow, here's the report (pdf) members of Congress are up in arms about.
Wallis looks dubious, as if it happened more often than that.
Success, indeed, was long treated as somehow dubious, as if striving for the top spot betrayed unwholesome ambition.
"Is that enough room?" Irene asked her, in a voice that was dubious, as if Juliet were an intruder whose demands could not be foreseen.
Advocates of such a change say partners might be more hesitant to sign off on dubious accounting if they knew their name would be publicly attached to the audit if problems were later discovered.
