How to Use naysayer in a Sentence

naysayer

noun

• There are always naysayers who say it can't be done.
• But that’s just one of 10 things that need to change for the Tigers to prove the naysayers — Us?
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2023
• Let the doubt of the naysayers echo in your ears and drive you harder.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
• The more time passes, the more the naysayers come around (or die out).
  — Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2018
• By the end, all of us naysayers were having the most fun!
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
• Soon, all those old naysayers saw my rise to the top dog.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• That was it for his second year in the NFL, and the naysayers came out in force.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
• There will be trolls and naysayers and just plan jerks out there.
  — Barbara Boxer and Nicole Boxer, Marie Claire, 9 Oct. 2018
• For months now, the critics and naysayers have been sounding the alarm on the NFL.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
• Williams has two words for all of his naysayers: Take That.
  — Evan Sawdey, EW.com, 30 May 2024
• Must keep your head down and plow forward — can't let the naysayers win the day.
  — Adeola Adeosun gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
• Give yourself time to bring naysayers around to your point of view.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• The naysayers voiced their opinions on Facebook and the St. Paul's phone line.
  — Rick Lee, Philly.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• This wouldn’t be the first time Lawrence has addressed naysayers.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• Even the naysayers had to come around after the Super Bowl berth.
  — Ej Smith, Philly.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• Cons of the Glass Block Trend Of course, as with any trend, the glass blocks revival has its naysayers too.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
• Then again, the New Kids, and their fans, have proven naysayers wrong before.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2015
• What about the naysayers who warn that your show might not succeed?
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
• The film begins with a sampling of naysayers — and to be sure, Trump isn’t the only one.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, idahostatesman, 10 Aug. 2017
• And in two games with the Saints, the 30-year-old Johnson has quickly proven those naysayers wrong.
  — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• But the naysayers were quickly hushed and sent to work on other projects.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
• Can the tech giant prove the naysayers wrong with these results?
  — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2025
• These Brewers don’t care much about the naysayers from the outside.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2017
• Though that hasn’t stopped naysayers from trying to bring it down.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 Nov. 2018
• If anyone doubted the region’s prominence in the sport, Betts says the naysayers have been silenced.
  — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
• And while the song became an undeniable hit — withstanding years-long rumors and the test of time to this day — the naysayers weren't wrong.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
• If unhelpful naysayers shove their preferences onto you, just brush them off.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
• Each of those films also features a plucky, diminutive hero who succeeds in the face of naysayers—an easy figure for any kid watching to root for.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
• There were a handful of naysayers outside of Archer City.
  — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
• There were naysayers, arguing that going week to week keeps a show in the cultural conversation longer.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026