- present participle of believe.
believing
Example Sentences
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His father, an artisanal miner, had proudly helped the 23-year-old prepare for the trip, believing he was going to work as a car import agent in Tanzania.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
During the day, shoppers had to queue up for bag searches - a custom that Ervine grew up believing was the norm.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Shut up,” they have said to anyone believing a better world is possible, “the adults are talking.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mark Cuban had bowed out of the bidding, believing the Dodgers were not worth even $1 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
For Glanvill, and others like him, the new science was intended to serve as a bulwark against materialism and atheism; being modern and believing in witchcraft went hand in hand.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
