Sentence examples for skeptical figure from inspiring English sources

Mr. Mustaine remains a skeptical figure from what we'd now consider a naïve time, when tough-minded, self-taught virtuosos wore spandex; he sang one argumentative song after another, about paranoia and demagoguery and religious wars.

The arcing eyebrow is a frequent gesture for Ruth Steiner, the smart, skeptical central figure in Mr. Margulies's 1996 play, which has been produced twice off Broadway but now moves with relative ease to Broadway and the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, where it opened Wednesday night in a production directed by Lynne Meadow for Manhattan Theater Club.

There are, however, at least two reasons to be skeptical of Figure 1: variance and course selection.

When I asked 42 VCs what they thought about the positive impact of NPEs on innovation, they were similarly skeptical (see Figure 3): 78percentt strongly disagreed that "the ability of my companies to enforce or monetize their patent through NPEs/trolls helps innovation" and 67percentt strongly agreed that NPEs/'trolls' are harming innovation in my industry".

You do mention that 50percentt of the planned residential units will be affordable housing, but I'm skeptical about that figure because Ratner changes it so often.

But some doctors are skeptical of those figures.

He was ardent in his desire to make his readers skeptical of authority figures, to challenge the bases for racial discrimination, and to humorously highlight the probable outcomes of fear-based thinking.

"You want to be pretty skeptical of those figures -- they are not going to capture the vast majority of sexual harassment cases," said the senior officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

She first proposed the idea ten years ago and "was laughed out of the room" by skeptical doctors who figured brain tumor growth was too erratic to predict, Swanson says.

In addition, senior officials brought in by Saif al-Islam to help implement reform measures have encountered serious opposition from regime figures skeptical about the strategic decision to re-engage with the West (and particularly the U.S). and concerned that their livelihoods, which depend on the old, kleptocratic way of doing business, will be directly threatened by reform.

One expert, however, is skeptical of the $28 billion figure, saying it may overstate the extent of any problem.