How to Use belief in a Sentence

belief

noun
  • There is growing belief that these policies will not succeed.
  • We challenged his beliefs about religion.
  • He gets angry if anyone challenges his religious beliefs.
  • At the core of the song is my belief that love can be over and real at the same time.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • And Chang-Díaz is not alone in his belief in the promise.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The belief is Jones wants a starting gig -- and pay day.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 June 2022
  • O’Connell has to have belief in Mond by the time training camp comes to an end.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • But that week, belief felt like the scarcest resource of all.
    Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • In 2020, the group publicly denounced the racist beliefs of its founder John Muir.
    Justin Worland, Time, 21 June 2023
  • Her belief is ours, her shame is ours, her fear, her will.
    Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The confidence and belief in the group grows a bit more as a result.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • At the end of the film, Sebastián seems to recognize that his beliefs about the monster are wrong.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 19 July 2023
  • And that was very attuned to my own vantage point and beliefs.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • What occurred Thursday night gives you the belief this team wants to finish in the top-5 again.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The belief in twin flames has been around for centuries, since ancient Greece at least.
    Christina Pérez, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2025
  • No matter what challenges life hands you, your belief in the Lord will get you through.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
  • So our belief — that’s shared by David — is to make more movies, and make different kinds of movies.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
  • But such bets take both a strong belief and a sturdy stomach.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 24 July 2024
  • The use of definitions during the Bee is a nod to that belief, Brooks said.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022
  • On the Jedi ship, Sol was firm in his belief that there was a vergence on Brendok and aimed to prove it.
    Keisha Hatchett, TVLine, 16 July 2024
  • The motion is not based on a belief of whether Adams is innocent or guilty.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • And while there's more to it than visual symmetry, the two were born out of the same belief system).
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The first is that the belief in a neo-platonic soul is essential for faith.
    Denis Alexander, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The push, pull and clash of opinion and beliefs among this quartet of characters forms the bulk of the narrative.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • What shared identity, belief, or goal connects them?
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • One year ago, there was belief.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Hippocrates and his followers held on to their belief in natural causes.
    Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Statewide, there’s a market for folks with these beliefs.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The belief is building at DePaul.
    Matt Zahn, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This is perhaps Trump’s most fundamental belief about how the world works.
    Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026

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