Sentence examples for sceptical question from inspiring English sources

There is, however, a way of understanding the sceptical question which Quine can make sense of.

His audience listened politely, then peppered him with sceptical questions.

Her sceptical questions at the oral hearing this week did not bode well for affirmative action's opponents.

At the oral hearing Massachusetts's assistant attorney-general faced sceptical questions from the liberal justices who have opposed the expansion of states' rights.

In short, journalists did not rush about with notebooks, finding news, asking sceptical questions and digesting what they found into dedicated, factual reports.

Paterson faced sceptical questions from both sides of the Commons, including whether his department had been wise to close down the national equine database in December last year.

US supreme court justices appear ready to uphold the most controversial sections of Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigrant law after throwing a barrage of sceptical questions at the Obama administration's contention that the legislation is unconstitutional.

Even if you knew nothing about technology, you could have done what Sam Biddle did at Gizmodo and simply asked some challenging, sceptical questions such as: Why wasn't my internet slow?

Disgraced press baron Conrad Black received a boost in his quest for a release from prison today as US supreme court judges peppered prosecutors with sceptical questions over the controversial fraud law at the centre of his conviction.

Others are more sceptical and question how auto-enrolment will relate to state benefits and whether lower-earning employees will be able to afford their contributions in these straitened times.

When judgment and action are said to have diverged in this way, we are often sceptical: we question whether the agent really held the course of action not taken to be better.