How to Use believe in a Sentence

believe

verb

• The scientists believed the reports.
• They were tricked into believing that he was a doctor.
• He says he'll help us, but I don't believe him.
• He says he'll help us, but I don't believe what he says.
• You shouldn't believe everything you read.
• Many people seem to believe that theory, but I find it hard to believe.
• She went to church because her family expected it, but she didn't really believe.
• Scientists kept a close eye on Mount Saint Helens. The volcano in Washington State spewed steam and ash throughout the month, leading experts to believe that it could erupt at any time.
  — Time For Kids, 17 Dec. 2004
• The younger Prigozhin is believed to have died in a plane crash this week.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• They are believed to bring good luck in the coming year.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2024
• For now, the researchers believe that Antarctica is too cold for the grain moths to spread in the wild.
  — Popular Science, 15 Feb. 2024
• Still, the way I've been played by my periods, best believe my uterus will be the first to go.
  — Caroline Colvin, Health, 9 Mar. 2024
• The unit is believed to have been engaged in the fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border since Oct. 7.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• The new management believes Chisholm is determined to be great and that his heart is in the right place.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• The holidays are on the horizon, and Bieber is ready for a cozy cup of mulled wine — if her nails are to be believed, that is.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Nov. 2023
• As Clarence starts to believe his own charade, the filmmaker tries to shape lessons out of the madness.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
• She is not believed to have been intoxicated at the time of the crash, Grieshaber said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
• Some people in the community didn't believe Rachel was telling the truth.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 10 July 2023
• Just like people of faith, not all atheists believe the same things.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
• Four large dogs attacked and killed a man believed to be in his 70s in Hawaii on Tuesday, police said.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2023
• All day Saturday, it was believed Johnson would miss the game.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• The move is part of a long-term partnership that the companies believe will bear fruit for both parties.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
• The injury was not believed to be life-threatening, Heims said.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• There are believed to be 159 hostages still in the custody of Hamas or other terrorist groups.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• But now, Huston believes the rainbow was a sign of something else.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• That may be hard to believe for those of us who have wrestled with the final corner of a sheet that refuses to go on a mattress.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• Therefore, more than two-thirds believe kids under 18 need laws to protect them.
  — Tanay Howard, Parents, 10 July 2023
• In a 45-page, four-count indictment, Mr. Smith dispensed with the notion that Mr. Trump believed his claims of election fraud.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• McHugh believes that this automation cuts costs and makes the tech scalable.
  — WIRED, 26 June 2023
• It is believed to be the first new construction in the neighborhood since the first and only phase of the Greyton Court townhouses around 2002.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024