public belief

Example Sentences

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The combination has sent Welsh public belief plummeting to uncharted depths.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Worse, propagandists are constantly developing ever more sophisticated methods for manipulating public belief.

From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2019

Much clearer is the public belief that the player in question will play along the defensive line.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2019

“Your office chose to go against your public belief that women shouldn’t accept sexual harassment in any form and portrayed my experience as a misinterpretation instead of what it actually was: harassment and ultimately, intimidation.”

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2019

Departing from Goedart’s example, she also included eggs, declaring boldly that eggs were the source of every caterpillar despite widespread public belief in spontaneous generation of insects.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman