Then they defied credulity by reversing their message, claiming that the economy was in great shape and that their own policies were responsible for it.
The poverty of the administration at the richest union in the world has defied credulity, lurching from one crisis to the next with chequebook in hand.
When I got the assignment to write about this 200-year-old medical practice that defies credulity, I decided to pit homeopathy against my stubborn allergy symptoms.
It defies credulity that people are criticizing Israel for being proactive in defending itself against the existential threat posed by Iran.
For starters, it defies credulity to believe that Mr. Hussein, literally holed up in the ground, has been directing the resistance.
The School Library Journal wrote that "the story is somewhat convoluted and often defies credulity", but also praised the book's characters.
"To say they didn't know, to say they didn't understand, it just defies credulity," he said.
Your reporter cites some preposterous examples of teen-age naivete, that defy credulity, as typical to prove the point.
The idea that a major political party would pull a stunt like that days before the Presidential election utterly defies credulity.
To suggest that a highly skilled procedure such as a colonoscopy could ever take that little time defies credulity.