unbelief
Example Sentences
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The cultural chasm between Europeans and Africans presented obstacles to conversion, and a long legacy of church practice forbidding the enslavement of fellow Christians provided grounds to leave slaves in unbelief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Whatever world-changing power we might seek, whatever influence we might hope to wield, starts with the ancient prayer: Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
While celebrating after Game 5, Birdsong looked into Philadelphia’s thinning crowd and saw Erving’s then-wife, Turquoise, “in unbelief, shocked” in the stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2021
By the time Nietzsche proclaimed that God was dead, this book argues, the “emotional shape” of unbelief was long in place, and with it the forces that disseminate Western secularism.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019
They had both leaned forward, their mouths open in shock and unbelief.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
