Sentence examples for take dubious from inspiring English sources

He may not be a welcome guest at the homes of Robert Downey Jr, Charlie Sheen or Hugh Hefner in the wake of this year's Golden Globes, but Ricky Gervais may take dubious comfort in the knowledge that he has picked up an unlikely new set of fans: rightwing US bloggers and commentators.

Grandly presented to the world as the first known image of William Shakespeare to have been produced while he was alive, a 400-year-old drawing said to depict the Bard in his prime and with "film star good looks" has taken dubious scholars by surprise – not least because of its source.

There are frequent reports of massive amounts of Internet traffic taking dubious routes through faraway servers.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is far from the only great writer to take a dubious view of happiness.

And for that, Thomas Cromwell must take both dubious credit and full blame: during his interrogations of Anne's lovers – "I've found men who are guilty.

And the folk museum building, designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, will take a dubious place in history as having had one of the shortest lives of an architecturally ambitious project in Manhattan.

I think it might have taken a deflection on the way in, but it would take a Dubious Goals Committee with a heart of stone to chalk that one off Ideye's account.

Bankers' remuneration was among the main factors behind this destructive behavior, encouraging them to take on dubious bets that provided big short-term returns at the expense of their institutions' and the economy's future stability.

Taobao does take down dubious listings 14 million last year in response to complaints and via filtering, with an anticounterfeiting team of 400 employees.

Do something fun and productive to take your dubious social status off your mind!

Muirfield in 1980 takes that dubious honour.