How To Use Belief In A Sentence

GENERAL LEVALLE, Argentina—Pilots often stare in disbelief when they make their first flight over this hamlet on the verdant pampa. Maybe Graciela Sees It From Heaven, This Huge Guitar Made of Trees
They are also less likely to get support from strong religious or spiritual beliefs.
The fall in popularity of the death's head and the subsequent prevalence of the cherub was a reflection of the Great Awakening and the belief in the immortality of the soul: "Cherubs reflect a stress on resurrection, while death's heads emphasize the mortality of man. Headstones for Dummies, the New York Edition
We must unite beyond the boundaries of race, class, belief systems and age that all too often divide us.
Since it is implausibe that readers would need to disbelieve their supension of disbelief -- we all know going in that our suspension of disbelief is artificial -- it must be the second kind of "information" that needs to be combatted. Saying Something

These people write reasonable, well-balanced letters, disclaim any belief in racialism, and back up everything they say with copious instances. As I Please
The Ahmadiyah were explicitly "warned and ordered" that "as long as they consider themselves to hold to Islam, to discontinue the promulgation of interpretations and activities that are deviant from the principal teachings of Islam, that is to say the promulgation of beliefs that recognize a prophet with all his teachings who comes after the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The Heritage Foundation Papers
Popular belief credits shark liver pills with being a sovereign remedy for illness ranging from arthritis to diabetes.
In some quarters the touching belief that financial services companies will reward loyalty persists. Times, Sunday Times
A belief in it is not only not naïve; it is the essential precondition for civilized society, and our best defense against the arbitrary use of power.
Contrary to popular belief , he was not responsible for the tragedy.
Democratic individuals, who in any case are likely to have similar beliefs and opinions because they are similarly situated, easily fall under the hegemonic sway of public opinion.
The most common symptom of paranoia is the belief that someone or something is persecuting you.
There is no doubt that they were sincere in their belief that their patients would benefit from their involvement.
I was born into a staunch Roman Catholic family and was indoctrinated with those beliefs as I grew up.
It beggars belief that the police would take this step. The Sun
Will Ralphie boy have a similar experience and actually convert from his corrupt “moneychanger” fake Christian mentality and embrace more liberal, compassionate Christian beliefs and behaviors? Firedoglake » Safavian Found Guilty
We are just a lone group of evangelists trying to restore faith and heartfelt belief in the world
Theories of mental diseases commixed with philosophy and religious beliefs.
The work of the Hard-Edge painters, their first collective exhibition catalog in 1959 asserted, runs counter to a widespread contemporary belief in the primary value of emotion and intuition in esthetic experience … the [Hard-Edge painter] is not preoccupied with art as an opportunity to make autobiographical statements. California Cool
This case for a belief module is far from unassailable, and indeed every one of these prongs is still vigorously disputed, but the whole picture is compelling.
They showed a lack of common sense that beggars belief.
Many people find it socially and morally advantageous to hypocritically profess their religious beliefs, and to use religion to justify what they want to believe and do. Dr T.P.Chia
It appealed to her belief in good management and organisation as the means to achieving targets.
There is much in the words and thoughts of the Romantic poets that is excessive or impractical, but their beliefs and the passion with which they pursued them still serve as an example.
They are fighting to defend their beliefs/interests/rights.
To make a Secondary World inside which the green sun will be credible, commanding Secondary Belief, will probably require labour and thought, and will certainly demand a special skill, a kind of elvish craft. Kicking the Hobbit
Cristalhombre wrote me asking for further references on "foodie" places at Lakeside after my review of the wonderful Tabarka Restaurant featuring splendid Spanish Mediterranean seafood from the Alicante Region and I told him I knew of few places that met those standards at Lakeside but Dawg has just discovered another place that is new and special beyond belief so here goes: Cuisine From The Costa Blanca
Calliaud, and by arguments and reasons by him delivered, he was persuaded to unsay his swearing, and to declare that he believed that the affidavit which he made at Patna, and while the transaction was recent or nearly recent, must be a mistake: that he _believed_ (what is amazing indeed for any belief) that not Mr. Hastings, but he himself, interpreted. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)
But there is, in this review, talk about the actors, about the sense of wonder, and fer pete's sake, man, the * entire review* is about how and why I was able to suspend my disbelief. FlickFilosopher.com
Success has come so naturally that the young Italian exudes an innate, unquestioned belief in his own talents.
He was a perfervid nationalist who was jailed for his beliefs.
It is a popular belief that the worst horrors befall whoever invites the curse of a hijra.
After further review of the matter, I stick to my belief that the court got this one wrong.
They lived under nine independent caciques or chiefs, and possessed a simple religion devoid of rites and ceremonies, but with a belief in a supreme being, and the immortality of the soul.
In public, they had to speak of suspects, of allegations and beliefs and evidence, then wait for juries and judges to validate their work. EVERY SECRET THING
I have always had a phobia about pregnancy and childbirth, the whole idea of it repulses me beyond belief.
To date, however, there is not a shred of credible evidence to support the belief that ETs have already visited us.
Most Hindu communities have a fundamental belief in reincarnation.
These hare-brained beliefs are hardly found only in the minds of the British upper-class.
And more recently, the company further validated its belief in this technology when it announced it will be used for mass production on MY2001 Jeep Wrangler hardtops.
But such a belief is hard to maintain and is hence vulnerable to disconfirmation in various ways.
Leinweber discusses the development of beliefs about sorcerers and female vampires (lamiae) in Greek and Roman texts through Apuleius and shows how they prefigured modern witchcraft and vampire legends.
Perception, unlike discursive thought or belief, is aligned not with the so-called rational part of the soul, but with the desiderative part. Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology
Around 6,000 were jailed for their beliefs, some spending months in solitary confinement. The Sun
I am glad, however, to have been given the opportunity to hear what this conference is all about, it only reaffirms my beliefs about the conservative base. Romney pushes back at Huckabee critique, takes aim at Obama
Scientific discoveries have discredited religious belief.
And when I had been asleep scarce six hours, I waked again very sudden, as I had done before, and had belief that something did be anigh unto me; and I gript the Diskos, and did hearken; yet was there no sound that mine ears did wot of; neither aught that had power to be surely known of the spirit. The Night Land
He asks whether a general phenomenon would cease to be a feature of a society if particular individuals held different beliefs.
My private belief was that Combret had done it: one problem at least that he had been able to liquidate with his own hands. MOONDROP TO MURDER
So the starting point of the law is an essentially agnostic view of religious beliefs and a tolerant indulgence to religious and cultural diversity.
We don't have to give up our values, beliefs or principles but we do have to move on.
Therefore the learning of many languages is injudicious, inasmuch as it arouses the belief in the possession of dexterity, and, as a matter of fact, it lends a kind of delusive importance to social intercourse. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education
This hypothesis, to say no more, will fit well all the facts -- for instance, the universality of the belief in evil spirits and any evidence adducible for actual influence on men, whether in the records of demonic possession and magic in the past or in the phenomena of modern Spiritism. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
My story led to an excited chairwoman phoning me to offer me proof that the story of the wedding at Cana had been mistranslated for years, and that her belief was that the story involved Jesus transforming water into grape juice.
The Christians however seemed to be a quite different species, unlike any other foreign belief system they had yet encountered.
The belief that acid secretion declines with advancing age has been widespread.
A worker beyond belief, exuding charm and hospitality. Times, Sunday Times
All this guerrilla artwork reflected the widespread belief that it was the IRA that had pulled off the heist.
We'll just have to suspend our disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
Part of the privilege we have as Canadians is that we can express our beliefs openly.
Despite the disgrace and humiliation which eventually befell him, he never wavered from his beliefs.
Unlike the "caucus" threads, the article and reply posts of an "ecumenic" thread can discuss more than one belief, but antagonism is not tolerable. Latest Articles
No belief flowered in the grim Elasian face, but the agonizer's threatening touch lifted. Firestorm
But a rather different picture of the structure of frameworks is also possible, one in which the notion of centrality is a matter of degree and in which no single set of beliefs or principles serves to individuate a framework. Relativism
The court favored the Hindu claim because according to the faith and belief of the Hindus the place under the inner dome is the birthplace of Ram. No Property Rights, No Peace
She rationalized away the superstitious beliefs of the country folk.
With his mate riding shotgun and in disbelief, this is a reasonable comedy about looks, with some funny gross-out moments as you view the world through Hal's rose-coloured eyes.
Hinduism is not a unified system of belief and practice, and should at best be regarded as a convenient shorthand for a complex social and cultural phenomenon.
Fucking rummy is beyond belief, the sooner he dies the better for the world and the better for the ruination of hell. Think Progress » Rumsfeld: War Critics Being Manipulated By Zarqawi and Bin Laden’s ‘Media Committees’
I am not of Paracelsus's mind, that boldly delivers a receipt to make a man without conjunction; yet cannot but wonder at the multitude of heads that do deny traduction, having no other arguments to confirm their belief than that rhetorical sentence and antimetathesis [I. 51] of Augustine, "creando infunditur, infundendo creatur. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend
So too does the naive confidence in the factual basis of scientific belief. Science, Technology, and Social Change
This belief was like a ball and chain for the allied war effort.
The thought of seeing 40 faces simultaneously crumple with disbelief was too much for us to bear.
Wisdom and understanding have always been powerful and effective weapons against a poor belief/approach.
The first, body-image evaluation, denotes individuals' evaluative thoughts and beliefs about their physical appearance.
Relevant dimensions of difference include morals, values, standards, beliefs, and attitudes.
Quite how the developer thinks this remote area, that is only penetrated by one minor road, is not a wild place beggars belief.
Teaching materials, instruction and evaluation system on the basis of the beliefs of the new curriculum is an indiscerptible entity.
Their whole society was built around their religious beliefs.
Cynical adversary stances are not helpful - belief is necessary.
Admitting then that gneiss, mica-schist, granite, diorite, &c, were once necessarily covered up, how can we account for the naked and extensive areas of such rocks in many parts of the world, except on the belief that they have subsequently been completely denuded of all overlying strata? X. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record. On the Poorness of Palaontological Collections
Article 18 protects theistic, non-theistic and atheistic beliefs, as well as the right not to profess any religion or belief.
Athenians so far forgot their Philosophy, and the nature of humane production, that they descended unto belief, that the original of their Nation was from the Earth, and had no other beginning then the seminality and womb of their great Mother. El Hombre Que Comía Diccionarios
We were in shock and disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
Even a short tour of the museum fills you with disgust and revulsion once you overcome your disbelief.
The belief that smoking is a physical addiction is what the popular nicotine " patches " trade on. Self-Hypnosis
Aside from various ontologic and epitimologic arguments, "belief" as such has little place in science. Take That! (or: WTG Panda)
Their results will be published in the belief, apparently, that this kind of accountability will help to raise standards.
I'm grateful, then, for my lack of belief in the mantic arts. KING OF DREAMS
Social parasites and criminals are strangers to positive beliefs. Their religion is: to do anything to serve their needs. Dr T.P.Chia
This stunning coin, which portrays several symbols of fortune and wealth, also reflects the auspiciousness of the number eight in traditional beliefs. The Perth Mint – New Product Releases : Coin Collecting News
And so all Israel shall be saved -- To understand this great statement, as some still do, merely of such a gradual inbringing of individual Jews, that there shall at length remain none in unbelief, is to do manifest violence both to it and to the whole context. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Their whole society was built around their religious beliefs.
When I related to them how, on one jump, I was caught in a thermal updraft and was actually going up instead of down, they laughed in disbelief.
Neither do I have a problem in general with people who wish to follow religious beliefs.
Neither does he explicitly assert that our natural beliefs are true.
Customers were duped into paying fees up-front in the belief that their business rates would be reduced or their money refunded.
Even at the bell to start the round she stood for a second and looked in disbelief at her coach.
They suffered years of guilt and dissimulation before they could announce their own agnosticism or adamant disbelief.
University presses still compete for many monographs, including revised dissertations, and, contrary to this belief, they pay advances for a significant number of them.
In medieval times, there was a romantic belief that birds chose their mate in February.
It's important to understand the Duggars' beliefs: The Duggars follow a conservative Christian belief system known as Quiverfull, which eschews all birth control in favor of "trusting the Lord with… family planning," says Vyckie Garrison at RH Reality Check. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
In ordinary life it is rare indeed for people to form their beliefs by a process of logical deduction from facts ascertained by a rigorous search for all available evidence and a judicious assessment of its probative value.
The answer is yes, I do believe in benevolence and malevolence as being a part of mans nature, I think where we differ, is the belief in the architect of nature and whether the formation of the natural world including the physique was a guided or a random process. Child Abuse Alert
Scotland's rebel MSPTommy Sheridan faces a second prison sentence for standing up for his political beliefs.
I am not in any way saying this to be antagonistic, nor to disparage anyone's beliefs; that isn't my way, or my purpose in starting this.
This was the syndrome throughout the Holy City, where the dialectic between science and belief, truth and faith, went blooey. The Lampshade
It's where I am reminded that I no longer have to sit next to a goggle-eyed 4th grader with a milk mustache while opening my Gilligan's Island lunchbox and staring with disbelief at yet another soggy braunschweiger sandwich.
Jana's work is based on the belief that exploring creative expression is one way of finding and strengthening our inner power.
I had not changed my intellectual belief as to my correspondent's behavior, but the impropriety of complicating an awkward business by placing myself in the wrong to the extent of losing my temper was so obvious that I blushed in recalling the bombastic periods of the torn composition. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)
He had absolute belief in himself and his methods, and wasn't afraid to say so to anybody.
Humberside Police had also deleted some of the unproven allegations from their files in the mistaken belief that this was required by the Data Protection Act.
It is a belief to beggar belief. Times, Sunday Times
Belief in malleable intelligence is no free lunch - it could easily lead students to waste years of their lives trying and failing. You Can Do Anything You Put Your Mind To: A Noble Lie?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The dominant emotional reaction to the letter was shock and disbelief or anger and indignation.
Even worse than the interior feeling of alienation is the outward hostility shown to those with opposing political beliefs.
The initial radio message had beggared belief.
Carl stared in disbelief at the bodies of some thirty or so children trapped in their seats.
He made a public recantation of all his former beliefs.
Explore ideas, beliefs and activities that will challenge you and take you out of your comfort zone.
Along the way, Polkinghorne argues that going beyond the basics of theism can make belief more credible to nonbelievers.
belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings
Both allowed the very young a certain exemption from the adult rules of religious belief and behavior; spiritually speaking, for rationalist Unitarians and evangelicals, children were a different order of moral being than adults.
The elements of Christianity that come from older beliefs do not necessarily invalidate the religion.
It's our belief that people behave differently on the Internet than they do offline.
He's happy that people come to visit irrespective of their motivation or beliefs.
Instead we must turn to what is intelligible: the values, beliefs and ideas revealed by art.
She seems to have enough belief and natural ability. Times, Sunday Times
He certainly gives a clear account of the growth of his belief, and sustains it by a great many droll notions about the physiology of plants, which would hardly be admissible in the botanies of to-day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864
She has not gained insight into her pre-existing persecutory beliefs.
Although not all Skeptics are agnostics, as an agnostic himself Dr Groves sees no evidence for accepting or rejecting the idea of any belief.
He looked back and there was Megan, standing at the door with a tear stained face, her expression showing pure and utter confusion and disbelief.
A person who has proof can therefore believe and can be compelled by belief to act with conviction.
Unfortunately, the society that we live in reinforces the belief that you can't make money doing what you love but rather earning money doing something that you have no passion for. Natasha Dern: Finding Success: Are You Doing What You Love?
Contrary to what may be inferred from the comment, although Ayn Rand's villains may have shared a basic belief in "man as means", they were not unidimensional. When Ayn Rand Villains Ruled the Earth, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
His belief in God gave him hope during difficult times.
She gingerly pulled the rope of pearls out of the box, staring at them in disbelief, as if she expected them to disappear any moment.
This statement of world-agreed fervent belief reminds us these values are everlasting and of perpetual beauty and may never be tarnished by any national politicians anywhere at any time.
It represents the ability of the human mind to contain the vastness of belief in God.
The socially acceptable reason is usually based on religious or moral beliefs.
I tend toward omnitheism, the belief in every God and Goddess that ever was and ever will be. Meow! A "Gods Are Bored" Interview!
As a skilled political counsellor More had to display his rhetorical skills in justifying often mutually incompatible or contradictory statements and beliefs in the service of the state.
It has been a long-held belief that those with lower back pain should sleep on a rock-hard mattress.
Chinese people seem to have more affection for, and put more belief in, Western notions and practices.
For an understanding of the role which the idea of revolution has played in the language of politics it is important to keep in mind that the meaning of the term reaches from simply designating a change in government to the belief in a heaven-determined, cyclical, political development. REVOLUTION
KURTZ: But that goes to the broader point, which is one of the reasons this story has resonated, there is a widespread belief among critics, the BBC was sort of against the war, its reporting has been biased, and that they seized on this weapons of mass destruction story to kind of vindicate their point of view. CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2003
The Greeks called it metempsychosis and the belief is widespread, possibly universal.
What role do state institutions play in shaping identities and constructing beliefs about deviance that privilege some groups and pathologize others?
Many other trial records evidently contain allusions to fairies which have been cloaked with demonological definition, however only those which contain direct references to fairies will be used as evidence of popular fairy belief.
But an individual in Shakespearean England who firmly believed that all tomatoes are Killer Tomatoes was not being unreasonable or irrational, as we would be apt to judge someone who held that belief in modern America. Am I a Relativist? Well, It Depends.
Hasn't magick and spiritualism always been around, under the guises of many religions and beliefs?
Mencken argues that the Constitution does not permit the government to use its authority and resources to endorse or spread particular religious beliefs.
When Dr Shaibani talks about ‘God’, and ‘design’, it's not some throwaway line covering a belief in evolution.
The film may not be as elegant as the previous financial procedurals, and Costa-Gavras' brief forays into cinematic trickery threaten our suspension of disbelief.
Soon after the Council St. Peter was at Antioch, and weakly "dissembled" by disguising his belief in the truth that the The Books of the New Testament
Still of the belief there would be no recovery until 2011 or 2012, the aviation supply chain contracted to the point that Boeing's planned production increases don't take direct effect for another year or two. Aerospace Bull Market Takes Flight Despite Military Cutbacks
To remove a conviction so generally adopted, Quentin easily saw was impossible — nay, that any attempt to undeceive men so obstinately prepossessed in their belief, would be attended with personal risk, which, in this case, he saw little use of incurring. Quentin Durward
Showing belief in a partner will lead to a deeper commitment. The Sun
I write as a white, Anglo-Saxon male, brought up in the Christian tradition, but currently espousing no religious belief.
Until we embrace this belief our culture has little hope of surviving beyond its present state of unrestrained hostility.
The term cult often suggests extreme beliefs and bizarre behavior. Cult
For him to put in a transfer request at this stage beggars belief. The Sun
He was, indeed, as Dr. Lavendar said, a man of humble mind; and yet with his humbleness was a serene certainty of belief as to his soul's welfare that would have been impossible to John Fenn, who measured every man's chance of salvation by his own theological yardstick, or even to Dr. Lavendar, who thought salvation unmeasurable. The Voice
Despite some socialist groups within the alliance, the dominant economic belief is capitalist.
She is a portrait painter and, contrary to popular belief, this is not a dead art.
Intensity of feeling, passionate belief, and utter commitment to the behavior therapist are rare.
Despite the emphasis on consistency among beliefs, individuals in the elite can support core values that are in conflict.
The majority was still not ready to abandon the belief that humankind was intended to dominate the earth.
The fusion belief function assignment is gotten by using D-S rule and fuzzy logic theory, and fault component is found.
Dedicated to a sincere belief in the venality of man, refusing to let any sacred cow go ungored, it's like Curb Your Enthusiasm for a lower tax bracket. Funny, Silly Sunny Philly - Tuned In - TIME.com
She was able to tell them that he was an unenthusiastic convert to Shintoism. He retained his Buddhist beliefs to the extent that he forbade his servants to kill flies.
A rare ground orchid Disperis neilgherrensis has blooms that are striking beyond belief.
And from the storm that swirled a formal nakedness took shape, the truth of disguise and the mask of belief were joined forever.
European law also provides protection from discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief and disability.
These beliefs existed within the interstices of official faith and ritual and churchmen did not necessarily see them as pagan, unchristian, heretical or erroneous.
I was in disbelief at how these public officials weren't interested in hearing the other side.
It is also deftly poised on the border between belief and unbelief.
My counsellor was a Christian and she was open about it even though I didn't share her beliefs. Sheepdip Diary Entry
And who knows how many Christians he is putting on a slippery slide of unbelief concerning the clear written Word of God?
Atheism is not anti-God but is strongly opposing any religion that creates the existence of God and use it to corrupt and control the human mind. The atheists reject the existence of God. God does not exist – but they are not necessarily irreligious. They can be believers of any spiritual belief that is not God- based. They are just as ethical and moral as religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia
There was a trust and belief in each other. Times, Sunday Times
What we need, he tells us, are not beliefs and creeds and actions. Times, Sunday Times
There is a belief that village life is somehow morally superior to city life.
In light of the examples of occult texts offered above, occult discourse is the result of a rhetorical antinomy between a belief and an action.
These messianic beliefs in turn led them to start a religion-driven settlement of the whole Promised Land in the Occupied Territories.
The public reaction to cases like this has passed through anger to sheer disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
The dievturi look to ancient Latvian culture, particularly folk songs, for their beliefs and are credited for their efforts in maintaining old folkways.
It beggars belief people say that. The Sun
James has in a sense opened up to view an important part of the struggle between belief and unbelief in modern culture.
Standing outside a health care town hall Tuesday in Springfield, VA, demonstrators seemed to subscribe to the belief that the tree of liberty must be refreshed not with the blood of patriots and tyran ... Joseph Freeman: With Talk of Hitler and Socialism Seniors in Virginia Air Grievances on Health Care
He said: ‘The sheer effrontery of Kennet in failing to consult even the local members beggars belief.’
Something else helped the men of D-Day: their rock-hard belief that Providence would have a great hand in the events that would unfold here.
Your willpower is strong, you have a deeper belief in your abilities and can talk confidently without seeming at all conceited. The Sun
They were resilient people with strong faith and a firm belief in providence.
And invocation of religious belief did not necessarily provide a defence to what was otherwise a valid claim. Times, Sunday Times
But just to witness the shocked disbelief on their anal retentive little faces when I do it will be worth every syllable.
When a clown and an evangelic preacher wander into Ted's domain of the W.C. he forces them to dismantle their public masks and face the consequences of their beliefs and actions.
He claims to be being completely truthful, despite the interviewer's disbelief and the fact that his face has changed in strange and unnatural ways.
Euripides' Electra ironically questions belief in a metaphysical system that encourages crime only to punish it.

How To Use Belief In A Sentence

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