believing

Example Sentences

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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

Though none of the photograph’s subjects have been definitively identified, many families have come forward believing that one of those iconic pairs of scuffed-up shoes belonged to their father, their great-great-uncle or other relation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“It didn’t matter. She couldn’t stop believing it.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Investors like stock splits, believing they signal management’s confidence in the future.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

And yet Ken still struggled with what veteran spies called "seeing ghosts," the psychological habit of believing that you are being watched by the enemy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau