He admits he was initially dubious about the ability of the smallest children to understand.

Working to register black voters, James is initially dubious about Mickey, wondering if he's just "coming down here teaching the colored folks to be white."

Privacy critics were initially dubious when ChoicePoint contacted them in the wake of its February 2005 announcement.

Verne's father was initially dubious, but gave in to his son's requests for approval in November 1856.

The casting director was initially dubious about giving her the role, as Plowright, then thirty-three, didn't look "old enough or tough enough to play this serious man eater".

The brothers, he later learned, were initially dubious because they saw the character of Tom Regan as wholly American.

Doctors in particular were initially dubious.

And Mr. Toledano conceded that he was initially dubious about recent ads showing models grimy with dirt and oil.

Shapley was initially dubious of Bok, and protective of his protégée Priscilla.

Initially dubious, Mr. Rorem says he was won over by the quality of the Bynner verse, and one can see what he means.