How to Use faith in a Sentence

faith

noun
  • She says that her faith has given her the courage to deal with this tragedy.
  • It requires a giant leap of faith for us to believe that she is telling the truth.
  • Lending him the money to start his own business was an act of faith.
  • Our faith in the government has been badly shaken by the recent scandals.
  • His supporters have accepted his claims with blind faith.
  • Nothing is more important to her than her faith in God.
  • These songs were made right on the cusp of my loss of faith.
    Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Should fans have faith in the team on the field this season?
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • But the omnibus bill posed a much stronger test of faith.
    T.a. Frank, The Hive, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The role of the faith groups was well represented on the dais.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But faith in the face of such loss was not always easy.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
  • In both cases, the towns fell back on a bedrock of faith.
    Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Each seed that goes into the ground is an act of faith.
    Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Of course, Svein’s leap of faith wasn’t a stab in the dark.
    Clarke Murphy, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • First, has the debtor made a good-faith effort to repay the loans?
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2020
  • All of those people took their time and just showed me such faith.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The faith of the people in their government is at stake.
    al, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The Chiefs are putting a lot of faith in an old status quo.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 3 July 2018
  • The leap of faith has been worth it, with only a few downsides.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The kind of faith that makes a man a murderer for doubting it.
    Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Voters have placed their faith not in a programme but in a man.
    The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • Then comes the moment that tests his faith and deepens it.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Keeping the faith, at that point, would be quite the challenge.
    Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • At its core, this faith is about how to love your neighbor.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 10 July 2022
  • Those are the comments that restore my faith and make my heart sing!
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
  • Taking a leap of faith can pay off big time, so speak your truth.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Earning the first belt took much endurance and faith, though.
    Alex Miller, ExpressNews.com, 21 June 2019
  • May this Islamic year find you in the best of faith and health.
    Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 12 June 2023
  • But don’t have a lot of faith that one is going to be available.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • But that is not so when judges find evidence of bad faith.
    Washington Post, 5 May 2021

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