Synonyms
Examples of doubtless in a Sentence
Adverb
she is doubtless the one and only girl for me
doubtless you have heard this story before, but I'll tell it anyway
Adjective
another one of his doubtless predictions that will never come true
Recent Examples on the Web
Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
Some of that money would doubtless end up being spent on making Aston Villa better: on players; or on importing more of the plyometric machines like the ones that Edens’s Bucks use in Milwaukee into Villa’s training facility; or on the scouting budget, perhaps.
—Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Much like the Alexander McQueen scarf and the Boho disc belt, the pedal pusher revival will doubtless inspire morbid fascination in those who lived through the knee-grazing Noughties.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 May 2024
That’s a small thing, and the kind of thing that doubtless happens in restaurants all the time.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Before the month is out, there will doubtless be more developments in Florida, too, and in the fourth criminal case against Trump, in Georgia, in which he is charged with conspiring to overturn the election results in that state.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Texas and California — strange political bedfellows, which is doubtless the point — have seceded, forming the Western Alliance.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
This is great news for Pixel 8 owners, who will doubtless be awaiting the next feature drop with excitement.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
While Michigan football's title-winning squad doubtless had loads of talent in 2023, the Wolverines (on paper, at least) were something of an outlier among champions of the playoff era.
—Austin Curtright, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
And the all-boffo, all-the-time production is exhausting (which is doubtless why the rare quiet moments stand out).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
In the tradition of superpower summits, Biden and Xi doubtless hope to declare their meeting a success — if only by the hard-to-measure standard of stabilizing U.S.-China relations.
—Doyle McManuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022
Like Shannon, Natalie followed a circuitous musical path, dabbling in noise rock and once fronting a band called Satanized, doubtless to the delight of her Pentecostal parents.
—Daniel De Visé, SPIN, 13 Sep. 2022
Much of the adhesion was doubtless down to the prototype's track-biased Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
Emerging-market currencies are doubtless in for another several months of rollercoaster-like volatility, even assuming that the Fed’s currently uber-hawkish stance starts to soften a bit.
—Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
The doctrine was doubtless even more untenable in the 1920s and 1930s, when Rivera — responding to revolutions in Mexico and Russia, to the Great Depression and to the rise of fascism — made his immensely influential murals.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
Part of it is doubtless the enchanted, silvery atmosphere of Severance, but there is always a sense of occasion when this orchestra performs.
—New York Times, 22 May 2022
Adverb
Very few World War II veterans are still alive, though they will doubtless also be honored.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
Some of that money would doubtless end up being spent on making Aston Villa better: on players; or on importing more of the plyometric machines like the ones that Edens’s Bucks use in Milwaukee into Villa’s training facility; or on the scouting budget, perhaps.
—Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Much like the Alexander McQueen scarf and the Boho disc belt, the pedal pusher revival will doubtless inspire morbid fascination in those who lived through the knee-grazing Noughties.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 May 2024
That’s a small thing, and the kind of thing that doubtless happens in restaurants all the time.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Before the month is out, there will doubtless be more developments in Florida, too, and in the fourth criminal case against Trump, in Georgia, in which he is charged with conspiring to overturn the election results in that state.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
Texas and California — strange political bedfellows, which is doubtless the point — have seceded, forming the Western Alliance.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
This is great news for Pixel 8 owners, who will doubtless be awaiting the next feature drop with excitement.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
While Michigan football's title-winning squad doubtless had loads of talent in 2023, the Wolverines (on paper, at least) were something of an outlier among champions of the playoff era.
—Austin Curtright, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
Adjective
Even moderately keen cornering produces body roll and would bring doubtless admonition from the rear seats.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
And the all-boffo, all-the-time production is exhausting (which is doubtless why the rare quiet moments stand out).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
In the tradition of superpower summits, Biden and Xi doubtless hope to declare their meeting a success — if only by the hard-to-measure standard of stabilizing U.S.-China relations.
—Doyle McManuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022
Like Shannon, Natalie followed a circuitous musical path, dabbling in noise rock and once fronting a band called Satanized, doubtless to the delight of her Pentecostal parents.
—Daniel De Visé, SPIN, 13 Sep. 2022
Much of the adhesion was doubtless down to the prototype's track-biased Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
Emerging-market currencies are doubtless in for another several months of rollercoaster-like volatility, even assuming that the Fed’s currently uber-hawkish stance starts to soften a bit.
—Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
The doctrine was doubtless even more untenable in the 1920s and 1930s, when Rivera — responding to revolutions in Mexico and Russia, to the Great Depression and to the rise of fascism — made his immensely influential murals.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
Part of it is doubtless the enchanted, silvery atmosphere of Severance, but there is always a sense of occasion when this orchestra performs.
—New York Times, 22 May 2022
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