believe
verb (used without object)
to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
am believing
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present progressiveof believe (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Today I am safe, I am believing that is enough.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
"I am believing that Mr. Tim O'Hare is an answered prayer of what we have been petitioning heaven for for the last year and a half."
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2022
“I am believing that this spring we will be back because we have to commit to it,” Schumacher said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2020
“If school doesn’t open up, which I think it shouldn’t … I am believing that something good is going to happen.”
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2020
Miss Peggy, I am believing, went into her room much in the same way.
From Laid up in Lavender by Stanley J. Weyman
