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

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 am humbled and forever grateful that one of his last major projects was believing in and becoming EP of my recent CNN series on the lives of women.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2018

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