Example Sentences

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For Mr. Horne I take your testimony gladly and believingly.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert

He learned to utter the word Man so believingly that it sounded down into depths of the divine and infinite.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various

I have never interfered, nor thought of interfering, as to who shall or shall not preach in any church; nor have I knowingly or believingly tolerated any one else to so interfere by my authority.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 by Lincoln, Abraham

A whole generation later, General Booth wrote: “Throughout the world no people will pray more fervently and believingly for your continued life and happiness than the officers and soldiers of the salvation army.”

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

But, whilst the superstitious shook their heads, the Princess clung desperately and believingly to the hope that the text had brought her.

From A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds by Boreham, Frank