belief
Example Sentences
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This strategy, he argues, broadly rested on three pillars: a belief in the benefit of multilateral institutions, economic integration and a belief that democracy and human rights are not just values, but strategic assets.
From BBC
"You go into the hospital and there's sepsis posters on lifts and walls but if their actual frontline staff can't recognise the symptoms of sepsis, it just beggars belief," said Jane.
From BBC
Baroness May said it "beggars belief" that the Hicks were still having to fight to have the "truth acknowledged" about what had happened to their daughters.
From BBC
We all have inherited beliefs about money that impact how we handle our own lives as adults, and Wolny’s lower-income upbringing gave him a scarcity mentality as his base.
From MarketWatch
Burr channeled Caleb’s belief in “the sovereignty of truth” even before he faced a trial for treason orchestrated by Jefferson in 1807.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.