believing

Example Sentences

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In Brontë’s book, Isabella marries Heathcliff naively believing he might shape up into a gentleman and flees with their son when she realizes that is out of the question.

From Los Angeles Times

Pop star Taylor Swift has asked the US government to stop a bedding company's attempt to trademark the phrase "Swift Home", saying it could mislead consumers into believing she had endorsed their products.

From BBC

We have to keep pushing and believing in ourselves, controlling the controllables.

From BBC

He described making up those scenes as “leaps of faith,” believing that there had to have been something keeping the couple together during hard times.

From The Wall Street Journal

It wants to have one region in the east, one in Cardiff and one in the west, with the governing body believing the player base and finances are currently spread too thin.

From BBC