believing

Example Sentences

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Perfetti: On our best day, we’re trying to dupe people into believing that it’s real life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Hypernormalization — the condition in which the gap between official and lived reality becomes so vast that people simply stop believing anything is true — guts civic life and society from the inside.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Barron’s picked Stellantis stock about a week later, believing all the bad news was reflected in the share price.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The tribunal found that despite believing he was no longer Patient A's doctor, Patel's behaviour was reckless.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

It seemed that Bobby had lapsed over the years into a state of increasingly frequent paranoia, believing as he did that people and organizations, bonded in a conspiracy, were out to persecute him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady