5 sentences with 'dubious'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dubious and other words derived from it.
• « The French king, Charles VIII, decided to take control of Milan, citing a dubious claim tied up in the web of dynastic marriage, and a Milanese pretender invited to France to help him take control of the despotism in 1494. »
• « The Great Depression has the dubious distinction of being the worst economic disaster of the modern era. It constituted a near-total failure of governments, businesses and banks to anticipate or prevent economic disaster or to deal with it effectively. »
• « As a child I learned such dubious skills as smoking pipes made of corncob, which we filled with pencil shavings. »
• « The investigator examined the case files. He was chilled when he looked at the photographs taken by Ms. Rearden before Deane's dubious death: she appeared tired and haggard, signs of severe drug-induced weakness. »
• « Mill supervisors and boarding house managers kept a close eye on the behaviour of young women; workers who associated with people of dubious reputation or acted in ways that called into question their virtue lost their jobs and were evicted. »