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
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
If ever our descendants make contact with articulate beings from other planets and solar systems, English will doubtless start adding and assimilating words from Martian, Saturnian, and Alpha Centaurian and beaming its vocabulary across outer space.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
If making off with the Liberty Bell would have nullified Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, Trump would have doubtless stolen the national treasure, and would now be facing criminal charges in Philadelphia as well, thus completing his sweep of baseball’s National League Eastern
Division.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Rapid7 has also been rumored to be fending off a potential takeover by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, doubtless attracted by the steep fall in the company’s stock price.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
The video shows the person being escorted out by security; after hurling some doubtless colorful words at the offender, Cardi apparently left the stage after the incident.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 July 2023
To reach this magical part of the county, surrounded by Tomales Bay and Point Reyes National Seashore (100 square miles of pure Pacific wilderness), your GPS will doubtless send you up Highway 101.
—Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2023
However, where that near-800 horsepower bit of lunacy ate a set of rear tires every hundred miles and only had air-conditioning for the driver, Singer's DLS Turbo builds will doubtless be as flawlessly executed as each one of its former creations.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
While few if any winemakers will ever execute something at the exemplary level of Château La Coste—which is more in the vein of an art compound—doubtless many will make grand architectural gestures.
—Spencer Bailey, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
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
The Interior Department identified more than 500 deaths at 19 schools, though that figure is doubtless a vast undercount.
—Jeff Gammage, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022
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Adverb
The science, though outlandish, feels oddly plausible, doubtless down to the scrupulous research into current trends in biochemistry and environmental engineering that went into the screenplay (which was co-written by the directors).
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
If ever our descendants make contact with articulate beings from other planets and solar systems, English will doubtless start adding and assimilating words from Martian, Saturnian, and Alpha Centaurian and beaming its vocabulary across outer space.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
If making off with the Liberty Bell would have nullified Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, Trump would have doubtless stolen the national treasure, and would now be facing criminal charges in Philadelphia as well, thus completing his sweep of baseball’s National League Eastern
Division.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Rapid7 has also been rumored to be fending off a potential takeover by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, doubtless attracted by the steep fall in the company’s stock price.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
The video shows the person being escorted out by security; after hurling some doubtless colorful words at the offender, Cardi apparently left the stage after the incident.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 July 2023
To reach this magical part of the county, surrounded by Tomales Bay and Point Reyes National Seashore (100 square miles of pure Pacific wilderness), your GPS will doubtless send you up Highway 101.
—Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2023
However, where that near-800 horsepower bit of lunacy ate a set of rear tires every hundred miles and only had air-conditioning for the driver, Singer's DLS Turbo builds will doubtless be as flawlessly executed as each one of its former creations.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
While few if any winemakers will ever execute something at the exemplary level of Château La Coste—which is more in the vein of an art compound—doubtless many will make grand architectural gestures.
—Spencer Bailey, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
Adjective
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
The Interior Department identified more than 500 deaths at 19 schools, though that figure is doubtless a vast undercount.
—Jeff Gammage, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022
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doubtless
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