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.
was believing
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past progressiveof believe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“We definitely came into this game knowing that nobody was believing in us,” Forrest said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022
But tasting was believing, and he said some customers gushed: “‘Bless you for feeding us something that we’ve been craving for so long.’”
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
Perdue’s mistake was believing that moment might last.
From Slate ● May 24, 2022
“You start to see how committed Candy is to believing the lie, but you also see quite clearly that even though everyone around Candy was believing her, Deffi wasn’t,” says Weyr.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022
I thought either Joan must be crazy—wearing rubber boots to work—or she must be trying to see how crazy I was, believing all that.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
