belief

Example Sentences

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In a speech last summer, he declared: “America is not just an idea. We’re a particular place with a particular people and a particular set of beliefs and way of life.”

From Salon

How far is too far and … how many of her carefully fostered beliefs … will survive the journey through the Wasteland?”

From Los Angeles Times

"They believe that these children are beyond help, and nothing they do will change them," she says, adding that she has seen this belief in many lawyers who represent children too.

From BBC

Self-proclaimed experts usually attract trouble through hubris, though I’ve seen bank traders and hedge fund managers annihilate themselves with slavish beliefs in trading ranges.

From Barron's

I told her about the pretty lady and her superstitious beliefs surrounding her brother’s opal ring.

From Literature