- present participle of believe.
believing
Example Sentences
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Fletcher - then Gabriel's coach at under-18 level - said no, believing the youngster wasn't physically ready.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
He left Baidu for Google, and later left OpenAI as well over strategy, believing AI safety there had been sidelined.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
This was when Schmitt, believing he was on the verge of a slam dunk, accused Smith of perjury.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
But it’s hard to come away from her story believing that such a result would be attainable for others.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Again, the argument would seem to be that I cannot prove that Mont Blanc is 4000 metres high, but believing it, on the authority of a map, has ‘proved to pay’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
