past belief
Example Sentences
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We were thrilled past belief Till we found, to our grief, She had not bought a dinosaur for us.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2019
It's a job he's done before and given his past belief in the abilities of big computer systems, could he be the man to wrestle with the introduction of Universal Credit?
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2016
Her past belief in being able to control all variables, including microbes, fissured when the illusion of Ford and her world ended after John’s tragic death.
From Scientific American • Apr. 7, 2011
Few lives have been saved, I fear, and how you and your comrades managed to escape is past belief.
From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
Only, there upon the carriage-seat lay the proof that the past belief was true.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 by Various
