Sentence examples for dubious- from inspiring English sources

Neither will Ben Bernanke, the current chairman of the Fed, whose term ends in January and who earlier pleaded a dubious "scheduling conflict".

Collins said a picture was emerging of Savile as a risk-taker and an opportunist who surrounded himself with dubious characters.

"There is a risk that an all-or-nothing approach and the highlighting of dubious cases to prominent news outlets and journalists will preclude legitimate claims from being fairly treated.

"[Social services minister] Scott Morrison's claims around the impact of his child care changes to workforce participation are dubious at best," acting shadow early childhood minister Jenny Macklin said.

But walk away from the cafes churning out chalga (Bulgaria's dubious gift to pop music), and as the buildings thin out there is no one but yoga enthusiasts and naked men playing chess.

The methodology behind this claim was also dubious as it derived from a 2002 study that extrapolated from the number of cameras spotted on two streets in Wandsworth in London.

Dubious parenting: the opposite, as Elena tells him: "If I'd known you were gonna grow up to be a grown-up... " Steady on seven.

Cameron's mandate among the UK's "family of nations" – to use his own term from the Scottish independence referendum campaign – is dubious at best.

Fellow Iona patron Professor Patricia Casey was publicly rebuked on two separate occasions last year for misusing research from both Uppsala University and UNICEF to reach the same dubious conclusion, prompting UNICEF Ireland's executive director Melanie Verwoerd to slam Casey's spin as "incorrect and unacceptable".

Although the state of the economy remains difficult to ascertain beyond dubious official figures, huge sums are lost to corruption.

The Labour belief that Ukip is causing disproportionate damage to the Conservatives looks increasingly dubious.