skeptical
/ˈskɛptɪk(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈskɛptɪk(ə)l/
skeptical
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skep - ti - cal -> skeptical
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- ‘A ship called the Jolly George was awaiting a shipload of arms destined for Polish troops in London's East End docks in May.’
- ‘The immigrants worked as free people until 1629 when a Portuguese vessel arrived with the first shipload of blacks captured off the west coast of Africa.’
- ‘They gave him a bank cheque drawn on the Standard Bank of Africa for $25 million to supply ten shiploads of rice.’
- ‘A shipload of tourists watched from the armchair comfort of a cruise ship at anchor off Russia's Antarctic base of Mirny.’
- ‘The Jakarta Police confiscated a shipload of undocumented logs that arrived here from Central Kalimantan, an officer revealed on Friday.’
- ‘When shiploads of contraband disembarked at Mississippi River towns, they were often outnumbered by the employers who anxiously awaited them.’
- ‘The government even refused entry to a shipload of desperate Jews, who instead sailed back to Europe on a voyage of the damned.’
- ‘Beginning in 1882 he brought them by the shipload from Hong Kong, ten shiploads in fact, for a total of about six thousand.’
- ‘However, the Russian fur trade in this area was threatened by Yankee traders, who not only collected furs, but brought shiploads of rum and guns for the local Indians.’
- ‘A shipload of guns was sent to Yemen and operatives dispatched to help tribesmen fight US troops in Somalia.’
- ‘The rulers of the British Empire fell for the sweet talk and sent the first shipload of British convicts to the Cape.’
- ‘They lived and worked as ‘free persons’ even when a Portuguese vessel arrived with the first shipload of blacks enslaved in 1629.’
- ‘Some others were so enthusiastic about sending a shipload of rice to Cuba that they seemed to forget about the famine deaths that were being reported from different parts of India.’
- ‘In Norfolk, Virginia, a whole shipload of watching sailors let out a gang-whoop of recognition.’
- ‘While sippers and connoisseurs of every stripe debate whether Australia is the new California or Michigan, shiploads of the stuff is selling, especially in the States.’
- ‘Two shiploads of cranes were exported from the port to Barcelona in January.’
- ‘Marble was delivered there by the shipload, cut, and redistributed.’
- ‘However, now that Caribbean planters were no longer able to replace slaves worked to death by buying shiploads of new ones, they eased working conditions and improved the slaves' diet.’
- ‘One shipload is equivalent to 40 to 50 lorry loads.’
- ‘In 1507, a year after seizing power, Afonso sent to Portugal a shipload of copper and ivory.’
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