Sentence examples for it would seem doubtful from inspiring English sources

With both Glendon Rusch and Bobby J. Jones available in relief, it would seem doubtful that the long reliever Pat Mahomes would be needed.

Hmmm, that would seem doubtful.

Were the question wholly fresh, the conclusion would seem doubtful in any case that a later confession could be entirely voluntary and uncoerced, where an earlier one had been compelled.

But turning the Highlands into a national park would seem doubtful during the tenure of George W. Bush, who has expressed displeasure over his predecessor's land conservation policies in the West.

As yet, our follies have only been terrestrial; it would seem a doubtful victory to make them cosmic".

It would seem very doubtful that the Israeli Government would agree to Fayyad's terms for a peace settlement, especially given the Israelis' intransigence in the face of the Palestinians' flexibility in the 2008 negotiations, as revealed by al-Jazeera earlier this week.

But when asked about it, local inhabitants seem doubtful.

It was raining so hard, it seemed doubtful that the game would make it to the seventh-inning stretch.

It was never the intention of the Founding Fathers that American lawmakers would be beholden to financiers, and it seems doubtful that they would allow corporations to take center stage in our political system.

Even the on-field television reporter, Heidi Watney, bolted for Los Angeles and the Lakers when it still seemed doubtful that there would be a basketball season to cover.

Manager Joe Torre said he expected Clemens to miss his next start, and it also seemed doubtful that Clemens would return for next week's series in Boston.