noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
strain
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If anything, Letterman thinks, these women have a compulsion to reach a higher plane of conversation that strains credulity .
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It strains credulity , I know, but there were nights in those years when no man was bad-looking.
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On this page we add a post-script to the Century by straining the readers' credulity still further! 1.
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And, quite frankly, it strains the credulity of those who are asked to believe that it exists.
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To be asked to see myself as one in solidarity with first-century women strains my credulity .
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It strains credulity to think they could beat San Francisco and Dallas on the road.
stretch
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It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stretch (sb's) patience/credulity
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I would be stretching the patience of my audience if I commented on them.
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It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And, quite frankly, it strains the credulity of those who are asked to believe that it exists.
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But it would be straining credulity too far to expect that everything will be absorbed.
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Faith and credulity , vision and delusion can only be distinguished provided that in case-studies the issue of ontology is kept alive.
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His experience there may beg credulity .
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It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked.
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It strains credulity , I know, but there were nights in those years when no man was bad-looking.
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It was once again proved that the credulity of trainees knew no bounds.
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Our interplanetary visitors might well be amazed at such foolish credulity .