Example Sentences

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He picked up Christopher Lee at the airport once, and — as a big fan of Dracula — he half-believed he saw the English actor transforming into a vampire while they drove to the club.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Which brings us back to the mythology of the film — this idea of The Creature as an unseen guardian, a half-believed blessing.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

One of those myths, a notion that I once half-believed myself, is that women of bygone days knew how to end pregnancy safely and effectively.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2022

She sometimes sounded as if she half-believed the stories she was creating were not fictional, and that the characters were her friends.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2019

She half-believed she had a free dress, though, when here came a card to Mama saying Grandpa was buying her a black grosgrain coat.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns