How To Use Believe In A Sentence

I never believed in God, not even between the ages of six and ten, when I was an agnostic.
Who is willing to believe that Alexandria is exactly 5000 stadia from Syene, whatever the value of the stadium?
We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
One can hardly believe that this paper mill was started from scratch only a few years ago.
The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say

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We may earnestly believe that they're wrong - whether they're non-Christians, heretics, apostates, agnostics, atheists, or what have you.
Washington, who believed liquor a particular scourge among blacks, sent felicitations. LAST CALL
We believe that this directly relates to reality programming that has been instilled in our race since its conception.
Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.
Some people believe that Richard III did not murder his nephews and was not the villain he is generally thought to have been.
Her partner deceives her, but she doesn't know it; her children fail, but she is told they succeed; she believes she has the admiration of others, but they laugh at her behind her back.
We will be watching them very closely as we value our green open land and believe this could be phase two of the development.
Both these people have lied and manipulated people through the press to believe one facade after another in order to get whatever it is they want…
I believe it has its own atmosphere because it is built in what you call a caldera, but I may have picked that information up from like a Syfy TV movie about the Coming Global Superstorm, or invented it in my own mind. Television Without Pity
To believe that Obama is a socialist merely assumes his continued commitment to a world he has long described as his lodestar. Radical-In-Chief
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
He originally believed cars would be rolling on it by now.
It was hard to believe that something so simple could be so tasty, a creamy potato flavour that was concentrated by long slow cooking in olive oil, seasoned with the sweet tang of long cooked onions all morticed with beaten eggs. At My Table
It was 2001 when Joe was physically attacked by a passenger he believes was high on drugs.
We also believe that practically any country that degrades women or any country that cuts them off from the vital life of the country is making a very big mistake.
I believe it is unfair to penalise parents who miss the payment of this allowance due to this.
The nail has been removed, and barring infection it is believed the aged man will live.
I believe the clunk was my rear diff. from the hard downshift?? NASIOC
Call me a moon-eyed dreamer: I still believe the work of the serious writer will be recognized for what it is, whether it takes place examples chosen only for clarity and expediency in Ambergris, or 351 West 52 St New York City Apt # D RIGHT NOW, dammit. Evil Monkey on Fantasy
It is believed however than none of the four were from the Sligo area, despite the secluded nature of the beach.
But by golly, if you believe it, that's good enough for me.
I believe that we will be judged on this record and not by unkind and unjustified personal remarks in the press.
Silliness in stories is more or less excusable, since they are not even supposed to be believed. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
The chairman of the bank believes in the personal touch and always sends a signed letter to each customer.
I believe that in a free market without a competition law your worst nightmares would come true, that everything would be monopolised or cartelised.
We saw reason to believe that Abraham's case was a type of all other elect -- _elect for the service of others_. The Gospel of the Hereafter
I believe there is a 19 year old Tory standing in Coatbridge and Chryston but, personally, I don't fancy his chances. When two tribes go to war (part four)
He was a large, meaty, oily type of man — a kind of ambling, gelatinous formula of the male, with the usual sound commercial instincts of the Jew, but with an errant philosophy which led him to believe first one thing and then another so long as neither interfered definitely with his business. The Titan
I don't think anybody that is associated with the Labor Council today under my leadership would believe that it runs factionally.
And I do believe that that bumpkin 's flower was even finer than the one you lost to me, all those years ago. STARDUST
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, or Shakers, remain the longest-lived communal society in the United States.
Democrats believe in all those things too but if you choose not to, we don't lable you un-American or un-qualified to be in any political party. RNC resolution won't 'handcuff' Steele, co-sponsor says
Another member of the congregation is believed to have been on the coach trip.
If you believe the media, England is consumed by a deep and soul-searching debate about the state of the national sport.
Consequently, Muir believes, biotech fish could quickly decimate a fish population by their increased ability to produce damaged young.
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Upon the death of Charles, the third viscount without issue in 1739, the title of baronet devolved to Charles, elder son of Dr. William Graham, some time Dean of Carlisle, fourth son of Sir George, the second baronet; but it was not, we believe, for some years claimed, nor is any account of this family inserted in the baronetages of 1741 or 1773.
Many ships and squadrons in the Royal Navy fervently believe they are special - and some have good reason to make that claim.
The nobles of his court believed he had simply gone away from them for a time to meditate. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Radial pressures exerted by roots on the surrounding soil are also believed to be a critical feature in penetration of hard soils.
And I don't believe it's right for the Democrats to kind of overreact to the last election. President In Photo Op During Congressional Meeting
Moreover, he believed very firmly in Christianity as the way of saving human beings, and he addicted to a monkish life.
Only some people believe that a guy who called criticism "distraction" is a good guy. Clinton has big lead in Kentucky, Obama on top in Oregon
It is believed that these informal sector activities create significant employment opportunities.
And Leeds North West Labour MP Harold Best also believes there is a case for toughening the rules.
I still believe that speedway solos are the most exciting form of motorsport to watch, and incredibly difficult.
I'm not saying I believe in curses, but I wouldn't want my mission to be the one they choose to piggyback Lightsail-1 on. Solar sails to take flight - Boing Boing
I certainly don’t think that Iranian popular discontent should be disregarded, but we’ve been hearing these sorts of arguments about the restive Iranian population for years, and while I have no reason to believe that they aren’t true, Khamenei and his allies have consistently proven expert at deflecting calls for reform and preserving their regime, the main levers of which remain firmly in Khamenei’s hands. Wonk Room » For More Tehran-ology
We did it because we believed we improved our hockey club.
The dead men could have been the victims of mistaken identity. Their attackers may have wrongly believed them to be soldiers.
Its inward sign is the true spiritual kingdom: the covenantal relationship between God and believers.
He believes many "psychics" are frauds who rely on perception and subtle deception.
In ways often too subtle to be conscious but sometimes overt, I believe, blacks remain devalued in American schools, where, for example, a recent national survey shows that through high school they are still more than twice as likely as white children to receive corporal punishment, be suspended from school, or be labeled mentally retarded. Race and the Schooling of Black Americans
Like the treatment meted out to anyone who disagreed with or disbelieved the lies that took our military into Iraq? Levin swears repeatedly at Goldman hearing
So, I'm still bussing the girls back to their schools in Barnes - can you believe it?
I believed that there was such a question and that it was up to us, students of the poem, to formulate it. The Empty Family
We believe that eventually every major consumer-oriented company will need interactive programming - sticky content - for their Web sites.
Many, if not most, complaints about misquotes, I believe, stem from a person's remarks being taken out of context.
Tests showed it contained benzene, a chemical believed to cause aplastic anemia and leukemia, in a concentration 1,500 times the level safe for people. Susan Deily-Swearingen: So When Does the Sputnik Moment Begin?
The Protestant Reformers defined the Roman doctrine of Works as a form of barter system, whereby believers could accrue spiritual benefits for themselves and salvation through their performance.
His thoughts on life after forty have convinced him to accept uncertainty and nobody believes he is more than forty years old.
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
Tony Abbott certainly believes if you repeat it often enough a baseless assertion becomes fact.
Neuropsychological evidence points towards our tendency to confabulate stories that we believe to be true in order to fit together disparate pieces of information.
It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes. George Carlin
I can't believe that someone of his intelligence can read such trash!
You just cannot believe your luck to have landed such an important customer.
Astronomers believe that quasars are galaxies with very massive black holes in the center.
We believe he, either, is turning his Nelson's eye to the scientific reports, or, is plain oblivious of Peter Bergen's cogent and coherent articulation of the demerits of EITs as image destroyers for the US. Cheney wrong on interrogation inquiry facts, Obama official says
Hibs, even in defeat, will still believe they are capable of retaining their second position in the table.
We believe that modern-day Hitlers have deliberately adulterated the oral polio vaccines with antifertility drugs and … viruses which are known to cause HIV and AIDS," prominent physician Datti Ahmed told journalists at the time. Scientific American
-- and that they lived in other worlds -- but there is no passage showing that they believed in what we call the immortality of the soul. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews
Most nurses are groomed and institutionalized to believe that unions are bad and unprofessional (anytime a nurse hears the term unprofessional, it is usually from management in an attempt to control behavior). Nursing Voices Forum Meet other nurses, share your nursing knowledge and experiences
There are now believed to be only 12 places in the country where the fritillary thrives, and Cricklade North Meadow has the highest proportion of the blooms.
Not for a minute had she believed fate would be so amenable as to arrange for him to fall madly in love with her. WHOLE SECRET LOVE
June 26th, 2009 6: 31 am csis violate canadians individuals civils rights. my civils rights was violated 21 years ago. nothing was done about this. csis believe that l am God. lt will take years to explain. this has been top secret for decades. l would like an investigation and compensation outside csis. CSIS Doesn’t Protect Canadians : Law is Cool
The damage was far more serious than initially believed.
They believe that the pir's gravesite is full of blessings, and they attend at shrines to pray to God for favors.
After all, claim of right developed in relation to the law of larceny and where one was taking something physically that you believed belonged to you.
The challenge now is to convert the doubters into believers.
He wanted to show that one could be an educated and intelligent believer without abandoning the apostolic rule of faith and life.
I believe that they split the revenue according to the proportion of artists who are selling stuff in conventional marketplaces.
There is good reason to believe that if the ban succeeds over here, it will someday reach your town.
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)
The stress marks might seem quaint to us; but McGuffey believed that rhythm and harmony have not only an aesthetic but also a moral value.
Mr Wilson claimed the dog, believed to be a Japanese Akita, grabbed his right hand with its teeth and dragged him to the ground.
Don't believe the pitcher baloney.
Its author believes that Border's bankruptcy and massive store shutdown is a result of the dummying down of books and America's ultimate good taste. Laura Munson: Books Without Borders
While on the subject of that patient, although he does eventually say: Once believed to be rare, the malady, also called celiac sprue, is now recognized more frequently thanks to sophisticated diagnostic tests. the fact remains that fifteen years ago, when this poor lady began her medical misadventures, anyone who even thought of celiac disease would have been -- correctly -- laughed out of the conference room. "How Doctors Think": A Disappointment
I believe that he will come back from the war
And now he called Ahithophel, and consulted with him what he ought to do: he persuaded him to go in unto his father's concubines; for he said that "by this action the people would believe that thy difference with thy father is irreconcilable, and will thence fight with great alacrity against thy father, for hitherto they are afraid of taking up open enmity against him, out of an expectation that you will be reconciled again. Antiquities of the Jews
Fashanu will give Jones, who he believes is one of soccer's most misunderstood men, a glowing character reference.
One section will be on what I call stewardship, which is on the role and responsibility of the presidency, what they believe about the constitution, about the role of America. CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2008
There should be little doubt that these men personally believed much of the racist arguments they delivered, but it may be overstating the case somewhat to suggest that all other concerns were nugatory.
Believers, regenerate persons, who believe in Him, and rely on Him, have put on Christ.
This is the heart of my main criticism of Dawkins and every other materialist who believes that we are the products of unguided evolutionary processes: you can't get here from there.
Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph. Charles Dickens
I don't believe we'd have the made the progress we have with girls' education without comprehensive education.
A force that believes it is invulnerable might dismiss or underestimate an opponent's strength, will or commitment.
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He believed that socialism would — and must — come to America, not through armed, bloody revolution but through popular participation in representational government and the constant expansion of the state. Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
Scientists believe the magnetic field is generated deep inside the Earth where the heat of the planet's solid inner core churns a liquid outer core of iron and nickel.
But when she was questioned later, she said she believed they were referring to the Friday night and not the Saturday night when her friend was glassed.
Land animals are believed to have developed from sea animals.
The letter is believed to be the first which appeared signed "ATTICUS," and was written many months before the author became known as Junius, and before any necessity had arisen for the exercise of that habitual caution which he afterwards evinced in the mention of any circumstance at all likely to lead to his detection. Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850
If a sicko runs around with a machete, I believe the sicko will always be a sicko.
Thankfully, though, I believe that the Scottish art world has wider horizons than such navel-gazing, self-pitying introspection.
He believes one of the reasons the move ended up dead in the water was that negotiations dragged on too long.
A great songsmith and a careful performer, despite what he would have us all believe, Gough is not an interesting stadium prospect, especially when the set is 40 minutes long.
They had tiffed occasionally, and broken off the friendship, and once I believe returned letters. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great
I believe in the sixth sense, telepathy and rebirth as I have experienced it.
They have no hope, merely a mindless shriek of hatred they believe might bring down destruction on all so they can scavage the corpses. Obama Discusses Wright Controversy In New Web Video
We may almost believe that the disorder is born with them, like their frightful plica. A Philosophical Dictionary
He believes that there's a distinct possibility this is the real ossuary of James, although he admits that the current evidence would not hold up in court.
Bourgeois believes the war on terrorism has taken a toll on King's nonviolent vision.
I first used them in an essay on Pope John XXIII, who believed the Church was like a ship that belonged at sea - not harboured in safe havens.
The union of Christ and the Father within the Godhead is that which we are to believe and rely upon for the certainty of our salvation.
I know you believe that the documents were forged.
Table 15.1 represents only the bivariate relationship between “true believer” and various other traits. American Grace
He might have believed the pain he'd felt had been imagined if not for the mysterious situation he now was in.
Indians don't seem to believe in one percent milk at all, and don't realize that the ready-made paneer they buy in Indian stores is made of whole milk, which is loaded with fat calories.
But at least one religious leader believes the ability to use dedifferentiation to create human stem cells would eliminate the controversy. Cells That Go Back in Time
I believe that Email, Twitter, and other forms of electronic communication is a tremendous help in communication, but nothing beats “print” form. The golden age of the newspaper this is not « The Book Publicity Blog
Many CFOs believe that an unplugged vacation is not an option.
There is serious reason to believe, though the details cannot be gone into here, that the lorum is represented by the "armill", though this is now a sort of stole which two or three centuries back was tied at the elbows. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
We believe that Jesus Christ, being the wisdom of God and his eternal Son, has put on our flesh, so as to be God and man in one person; man, like unto us, capable of suffering in body and sinon en tant qu'il a ete pur de toute macule. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
Perhaps as a society we believe the grubby hands of business should be kept off our organs, especially in death.
There are others who believe they were betrayed by an organization of cheap confidence tricksters and want to tell the world about it.
Further, with this requirement Japanese Baptists had to loosen the requirement of believer's baptism by immersion and tolerate various other baptismal traditions.
We also believe that Fannie should have guidelines allowing servicers to proceed on a foreclosure only when its legal entitlement to foreclose is clearly documented. Dems To Fannie Mae: Why Are You Feeding Foreclosure Mills?
It is zeal for the salvation of souls which makes the prelateship desired, if you will believe the ambitious man; which makes the monk, who is destined for the choir, run hither and thither, as the restless soul himself will tell you; which causes all those censures and murmurings against the prelates of the Treatise on the Love of God
Of so-called "eco-terrorism" in his case, a term believed coined by Ron Arnold, executive director of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise (CDFE), a radical right wing group established on July 4, 1976 "to continue (the) Revolution of liberty, free enterprise and individual initiative .... without hindrance by government. Daniel McGowan - Another "War on Terrorism" Victim
Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things. Muhammad Ali
A man named Mario Valdés, today widely believed to have been a federal spy, succeeded in penetrating the rebel ranks. Cristero Rebellion: part 2: the combat phase
The flock receives virtually no historical background from its shepherd - who is believed to be the definitive authority on such matters.
We believe, and we believe that you believe, that of the many and proliferating means for communicating big ideas, one of the most effective, and therefore most enduring, is fiction. A Long Story
The people who actually believe the likes of a Palin could do this are the same people who might let their children hand-feed peanuts to a bear. tc campbell CNN Poll: Most Americans say Palin not qualified to serve as president
I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility.
I believe the proper nomenclature is "fruit booter Power Struggle: Sucking, and Sucking it Up
I can't seriously believe Tiki Barber is the same person- that's what it boils down to. NY Daily News
Rains said Stein's argument was "farfetched" and he believed that "Mehserle made no statements or admissions on the form that are relevant to any issue in dispute in this trial. KPIX: Top Stories Videos
The early European navigators arriving in South America, believed they had reached the Earthly Paradise.
Ms. Fuchs believes the topic of safe sex isn't one where a parent can allow for a child to break down into the giggles and get squirmy. Mother Works to Make AIDS Education a Priority
For when we come to God, then we believe no more, but rather see with our eyes face to face how He is; yet for all that love remains still; so that love may be called the chiefest, because she endureth forever. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin
I can't believe people honestly teased you about that.
I have told him that women can orgasm without coming, but he says he needs to ‘see it to believe it.’
He would certainly be made use of by the officers for the purpose of identifying the companions whom he had betrayed; and I had the best reasons in the world to believe that he would rather assist in the taking of me than in the capture of all the rest of the coining gang put together -- the doctor himself not excepted. A Rogue's Life
A plain-clothes police officer (P) sees a man he believes to be the same man (D) he saw rob a bank earlier. The Volokh Conspiracy » Indiana Appellate Case on the Right to Resist a Police Officer’s Unlawful Entry
_Journey_, and which once led him to question whether there was a tree between Edinburgh and the English border older than himself; and to reply to Boswell's suggestion that he ought to be whipped at every tree over 100 years old in that space, "I believe I might submit to it for a baubee! Dr. Johnson and His Circle
But I did, and managed to pull off, not unhandily, a tale called ` A Wayside Comedy’ where I worked for a certain ` economy of implication,’ and in one phrase of less than a dozen words believed I had succeeded.
During fasting, since the body is not busy with gastric processes and since the body is literally emptier, hollower, I believe the nada practices can be even more effective. Kazim Ali: Practicing Yoga on the Mountain of God
Whatever one believes, the accident has left deep anxiety among sailors who have just graduated from naval training and are about to ship out.
Shiites of this branch believed that the Prophet Muhammad's successors or vicars were his cousin and son-in-law, Ali, and the eleven lineal descendants of Ali and the Prophet's daughter, Fatima.
I believe very strongly in many of these ideas but they can be hard to communicate, especially when the discourse is peppered with terminology like "peri-urban," "phytoremediation," and "bioregional ecologies. Dave Snyder: The Good, the Bad and the Fungi on a Rooftop Farm
Miracels are to those who believe in them.
He sounds like an actor with a vowelly shopping-mall accent, and I never fully believed him.
I do not believe there is in nature such a full-acorned Boar. [ The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
I believe that all residents in town without parking facilities should be provided with a free parking permit.
I'm a strong believer in the capitalist system.
He does not accept homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle, and of course he believes in evangelizing among nonbelievers. November 2004
Unless we are to believe naively that leisure and luxury crystallize out of thin air, we must recognize and acknowledge that the comforts of globalization are reaped from the labour and toil of others.
Therefore, saccharorrhea patient wants the reality treatment this question certainly not to want to readily believe some not symbol actual suitable biography.
It is certain that Byron had begun the fourth canto, and written some thirty or more stanzas, before Hobhouse rejoined him at his villa of La Mira on the banks of the Brenta, in July, 1817; and it would seem that, although he had begun by saying "that he was too short a time in Rome for it," he speedily overcame his misgivings, and accomplished, as he believed, the last "fytte" of his pilgrimage. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
The Consumers' Association and the AA Motoring Trust believe the test should be made more realistic by increasing the speed and including what would happen in a side-on crash.
Ball believes the high rate of share ownership has contributed to a strong sense of purpose.
Today, at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other.
Police believe a gang of up to five men were responsible for a raid on a Melksham store in which hundreds of pounds were stolen from an unlocked office.
Every Irishman is a person; and I believe that the most interesting persons are rarely the persons of importance. The Irish Mind
Many traders and economists still believe the dollar is likely to head higher in the medium term.
Instead of dissuading him from further crime, the fact of having been labelled a criminal may be sufficient to make him what, if we believe his protestations of innocence, he was not.
I believe this is in retaliation for all the nescient liturgical nonsense that I've been trying to ingest the past few days. Chewing on clouds
Instead, Intel's supporters rallied around to attack Cuomo and the case, putting forward a number of arguments that they believe exculpated the technology pioneer.
But some commentators believe softs are on the up. Times, Sunday Times
I don't believe in all these silly diets.
It is an ambitious target, but Leblanc believes it is attainable.
If there is no way to calculate these costs, we can believe that they run into many billions.
None of the other posters are going to believe you're a woman, even if you are, so the word fangirl doesn't get nearly as much use. You, Too, Can Be a Fanboy
I believe in equality of opportunity, not just for fiscal matters but for matters of the heart.
Do you believe in spanking or any other form of corporal punishment? Doug Peine - An interview with author
Investigators believe that the suspected group of agents is controlled from within the Munich consulate by a consul who has been observed conducting conspirative meetings with the alleged agents. Free Internet Press
They believed the only reason development was not working was the lack of professional input: if we provided this, poverty would magically vanish.
But adults say they believe there are tastier burgers elsewhere, a disturbing fact when Census Bureau trends show an aging population.
I believe that all our people and all of those who really love sports are bothered very much when there is some kind of indiscipline, when an incident takes place. INTERVIEW ON SPORTS
I believe my sister to be honest.
You need not even believe -- though it is too likely to be true -- that that great fireplace in the little first-floor room served for the torture of the scarpines. Prose Idylls, New and Old
Barbara Cartland used to wear pink silk chiffon and pearl-crusted cardies or so she would have us believe. Archive 2009-06-01
Well, dopamine is a brain neurotransmitter, and it's believed to regulate movement.
Furthermore, he believed that in modern warfare there was no place for armored cavalry.
I believe that HD allows to broadcast sound via six channels - in surround mode. "No," cried the people of Mahagonny
Believe me it's far more difficult to know what to say to an unconscious loved one than the movies make out.
The bourgeois family model with its breadwinning husband and dependent wife and children was thus believed to secure male work incentives.
He believed he was ‘untouchable’ but his victims finally became sick of the yob and helped a specialist council unit to boot him out of their neighbourhood.
But, as it turns out, pioneering research into volcanic lightning is making his sparker seem not so crazy after all, and now a new generation of scientists believe volcanoes may offer up clues to the process of preparing the Earth for life. First Contact
You cannot believe this man; Should we believe a publication like the national Inquirer?
Ian Rush believes a willingness to defend from the front has helped Fernando Torres become the top striker in English football.

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