Sentence examples for turned dubious from inspiring English sources

He sought congressional approval for a military strike, and when passage turned dubious, he lent support to the Russian initiative through which Assad promised to destroy his chemical weapons.

It opens up a niche for bottom-feeding companies to terrify hypochondriacs by turning dubious probabilities into Genes of Doom.

The only reason it was possible to turn dubious subprime loans into highly-rated securities was because the housing bubble artificially held down default rates, making those loans (and therefore the securities) look much better than they actually were.

This smacks of shutting the barn door long after the horse has bolted, been caught and turned into dubious hamburgers.

In 2014 we formed the East London Strippers Collective after conversations with co-workers increasingly turned to dubious business practises and poorly run venues.

-Bernard Condon NOVEMBER 29, 1999 Information Kills IN OUR RECENT COVER STORY ON Internet sleuthing, Web detective Daniel Cohn of Docusearch.com assured us that he turned down dubious clients, "like if a jealous boyfriend wants to know where his ex is living".

Over the years, plenty of patients have turned to dubious solutions.

In China even the seemingly good can turn dubious.

She is played, with admirable daring and conviction, by Amanda Seyfried, who does what she can to turn a dubious conceit into something more credible.

Yet she also shows that even as fraudulence became a sign of marginality, some authors managed to turn their dubious reputations to account, making a virtue of their counterfeit status.

In fact, a "MIS-TAKE," if fixed quickly and in a creative way, can become a wonderful opportunity to turn a dubious "victim" into a delighted partner!